Data processing device and data processing method

ABSTRACT

In group-wise interleaving, interleaving of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15 is performed in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleaving, an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving is returned to an original arrangement. The technology can be applied to a case of transmitting data using the LDPC code. The data processing device and data processing method can ensure excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, and particularly to a data processing device and a data processing method which can ensure excellent communication quality in data transmission using, for example, an LDPC code.

BACKGROUND ART

Some information used in the present specification and drawings was provided by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Samsung), LG Electronics Inc., NERC, and CRC/ETRI (which is clarified in the drawings).

A Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code has a high error correcting capability and has been widely adopted in transmission systems for digital broadcasting, for example, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)-S.2, DVB-T.2, and DVB-C.2 of Europe, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 of the U.S., and the like in recent years (for example, refer to Non-Patent Literature 1).

From a recent study, it is known that performance near a Shannon limit is obtained from the LDPC code when a code length increases, similar to a turbo code. Because the LDPC code has a property that a shortest distance is proportional to the code length, the LDPC code has advantages of a block error probability characteristic being superior and a so-called error floor phenomenon observed in a decoding characteristic of the turbo code being rarely generated, as characteristics thereof.

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Literature

-   Non-Patent Literature 1: DVB-S.2: ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1 (August     2009)

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

In data transmission using LDPC codes, for example, an LDPC code serves as a symbol (becomes a symbol) of quadrature modulation (digital modulation) such as Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), and the symbol is mapped to a signal point of the quadrature modulation and is transmitted.

Such data transmission using LDPC codes continues to become widespread worldwide and ensuring communication (transmission) quality is being demanded.

The present technology takes the above situation into account, and aims to ensure excellent communication quality in data transmission using LDPC codes.

Solution to Problem

A first data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step configured to map the LDPC code to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

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In the above-described first data processing device/method, LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15 is performed; group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code is performed in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and the LDPC code is mapped to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

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A second data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step configured to return an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

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In the above-described second data processing device/method, an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is returned to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

A third data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

In the above-described third data processing device/method, LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15 is performed, group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code is performed in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

A fourth data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step configured to return an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 1 8943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

In the above-described fourth data processing device/method, an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is returned to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165,

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

A fifth data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 1 0804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 1 7117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

In the fifth data processing device/method according to the present technology, a LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15 is performed; group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code is performed in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500 38552.

A sixth data processing device/method according to the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step configured to return an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

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In the above-described sixth data processing method, an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is returned to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits. In the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups

103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20.

The parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns. The predetermined value g is 1440. The A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table. The parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including

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The data processing device may be an independent device and may be an internal block constituting one device.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present technology, it is possible to ensure excellent communication quality in data transmission using LDPC codes.

Note that the effects described herein are not entirely limitative, and any effect described in the present disclosure is acceptable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of an LDPC code.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart describing a decoding sequence of an LDPC code.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code.

FIG. 4 is an illustration of an example of a Tanner graph of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of an example of a variable node.

FIG. 6 is an illustration of an example of a check node.

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an example of a configuration of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technology is applied.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a transmitting device 11.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a bit interleaver 116.

FIG. 10 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 11 is an illustration of an example of a parity matrix.

FIG. 12 is an illustration of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code defined in a standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 13 is an illustration of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code defined in a standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 14 is an illustration of an example of a Tanner graph for decoding of an LDPC code.

FIG. 15 is an illustration of an example of a parity matrix HT becoming a staircase structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix HT.

FIG. 16 is an illustration of an example of a parity matrix H_(T) of a parity check matrix H corresponding to an LDPC code after parity interleaving.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart describing an example of a process performed by the bit interleaver 116 and a mapper 117.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart describing an example of processing of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 20 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix initial value table in which an encoding rate is 1/4 and a code length is 16200.

FIG. 21 is an illustration of a method of calculating a parity check matrix H from a parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 22 is an illustration of a structure of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 23 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 24 is an illustration of an A matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 25 is an illustration of parity interleaving of a B matrix.

FIG. 26 is an illustration of a C matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 27 is an illustration of parity interleaving of a D matrix.

FIG. 28 is an illustration of a parity check matrix obtained by performing, on the parity check matrix, column permutation as parity deinterleaving which returns parity interleaving to an original arrangement.

FIG. 29 is an illustration of a transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix.

FIG. 30 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 31 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 32 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 33 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 34 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 35 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 36 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 37 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 38 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 39 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 40 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 41 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 42 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 43 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 44 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 45 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 46 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 47 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 48 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 49 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 50 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 51 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 52 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 53 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 54 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 55 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 56 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 57 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 58 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 59 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 60 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 61 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 62 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 63 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 64 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 65 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 66 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 67 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 68 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 69 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 70 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 71 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 72 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 73 is an illustration of an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of a degree sequence with a column weight of 3 and a row weight of 6.

FIG. 74 is an illustration of an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of the multi-edge type.

FIG. 75 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 76 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 77 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 78 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 79 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 80 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 81 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 82 is an illustration of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 83 is an illustration of an example of constellations when a modulation method is 16QAM.

FIG. 84 is an illustration of an example of constellations when a modulation method is 64QAM.

FIG. 85 is an illustration of an example of constellations when a modulation method is 256QAM.

FIG. 86 is an illustration of an example of constellations when a modulation method is 1024QAM.

FIG. 87 is an illustration of an example of coordinates of a signal point of a UC when a modulation method is QPSK.

FIG. 88 is an illustration of an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation method is 16QAM.

FIG. 89 is an illustration of an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation method is 64QAM.

FIG. 90 is an illustration of an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation method is 256QAM.

FIG. 91 is an illustration of an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation method is 1024QAM.

FIG. 92 is an illustration of relations between a symbol y and each of a real part Re (z_(q)) and an imaginary part Im (z_(q)) of complex numbers as the coordinate of a signal point z_(q) of a 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

FIG. 93 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a block interleaver 25.

FIG. 94 is an illustration of examples of a number of columns C of parts 1 and 2 corresponding to a combination of a code length N and a modulation system and part column lengths R1 and R2.

FIG. 95 is an illustration of block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25.

FIG. 96 is an illustration of group-wise interleaving performed by a group-wise interleaver 24.

FIG. 97 is an illustration of a first example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 98 is an illustration of a second example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 99 is an illustration of a third example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 100 is an illustration of a fourth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 101 is an illustration of a fifth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 102 is an illustration of a sixth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 103 is an illustration of a seventh example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 104 is an illustration of an eighth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 105 is an illustration of a nineth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 106 is an illustration of a 10th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 107 is an illustration of a 11th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 108 is an illustration of a 12th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 109 is an illustration of a 13th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 110 is an illustration of a first example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.14th

FIG. 111 is an illustration of a 15th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

FIG. 112 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 113 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 114 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 115 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 116 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 117 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 118 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 119 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 120 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 121 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 122 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 123 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 124 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 125 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 126 is an illustration of simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate.

FIG. 127 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the receiving device 12.

FIG. 128 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 129 is a flowchart describing an example of a process performed by a demapper 164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 130 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code.

FIG. 131 is an illustration of an example of a matrix obtained by performing row permutation and column permutation on a parity check matrix (transformed parity check matrix).

FIG. 132 is an illustration of an example of a transformed parity check matrix divided into 5×5 units.

FIG. 133 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a decoding device which collectively performs P node operations.

FIG. 134 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 135 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a block deinterleaver 54.

FIG. 136 is a block diagram illustrating another example of the configuration of the bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 137 is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a configuration of a reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

FIG. 138 is a block diagram illustrating a second example of the configuration of the reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

FIG. 139 is a block diagram illustrating a third example of the configuration of the reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

FIG. 140 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an embodiment of a computer to which the present technology is applied.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of the present technology will be described below; however, prior to the description, an LDPC code will be described.

<LDPC Code>

The LDPC code is a linear code and it is not necessary for the LDPC code to be a binary code. However, in this case, it is assumed that the LDPC code is the binary code.

A maximum characteristic of the LDPC code is that a parity check matrix defining the LDPC code is sparse. In this case, the sparse matrix is a matrix in which the number of “1” of elements of the matrix is very small (a matrix in which most elements are 0).

FIG. 1 is an illustration of an example of a parity check matrix H of an LDPC code.

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 1, a weight of each column (the column weight) (the number of “1”) becomes “3” and a weight of each row (the row weight) becomes “6”.

In encoding using the LDPC code (LDPC encoding), for example, a generation matrix G is generated on the basis of the parity check matrix H and the generation matrix G is multiplied by binary information bits, so that a code word (LDPC code) is generated.

Specifically, an encoding device that performs the LDPC encoding first calculates the generation matrix G in which an expression GH^(T)=0 is realized, between a transposed matrix H^(T) of the parity check matrix H and the generation matrix G. In this case, when the generation matrix G is a K×N matrix, the encoding device multiplies the generation matrix G with a bit string (vector u) of information bits including K bits and generates a code word c (=uG) including N bits. The code word (LDPC code) that is generated by the encoding device is received at a reception side through a predetermined communication path.

The LDPC code can be decoded by an algorithm called probabilistic decoding suggested by Gallager, that is, a message passing algorithm using belief propagation on a so-called Tanner graph, including a variable node (also referred to as a message node) and a check node. Hereinafter, the variable node and the check node are appropriately referred to as nodes simply.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a decoding sequence of an LDPC code.

Hereinafter, a real value (a reception LLR) that is obtained by representing the likelihood of “0” of a value of an i-th code bit of the LDPC code (one code word) received by the reception side by a log likelihood ratio is appropriately referred to as a reception value u_(0i). In addition, a message output from the check node is referred to as u_(j) and a message output from the variable node is referred to as v_(i).

First, in decoding of the LDPC code, as illustrated in FIG. 2, in Step S11, the LDPC code is received, the message (check node message) u_(j) is initialized to “0”, and a variable k taking an integer as a counter of repetition processing is initialized to “0”, and the processing proceeds to Step S12. In Step S12, the message (variable node message) v_(i) is calculated by performing an operation (variable node operation) represented by Expression (1), on the basis of the reception value u_(0i) obtained by receiving the LDPC code, and the message u_(j) is calculated by performing an operation (check node operation) represented by Expression (2), on the basis of the message v_(i).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v} - 1}u_{j}}}} & (1) \\ \left\lbrack {{Math}\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {{\tanh \left( \frac{u_{j}}{2} \right)} = {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$

Here, d_(v) and d_(c) in Expression (1) and Expression (2) are respectively parameters which can be arbitrarily selected and illustrates the number of “1” in the longitudinal direction (column) and transverse direction (row) of the parity check matrix H. For example, in the case of an LDPC code ((3, 6) LDPC code) with respect to the parity check matrix H with a column weight of 3 and a row weight of 6 as illustrated in FIG. 1, d_(v)=3 and d_(c)=6 are established.

In the variable node operation of Expression (1) and the check node operation of Expression (2), because a message input from an edge (line coupling the variable node and the check node) for outputting the message is not an operation target, an operation range becomes 1 to d_(v)−1 or 1 to d_(e)−1. The check node operation of Expression (2) is performed actually by previously making a table of a function R (v_(i), v₂) represented by Expression (3) defined by one output with respect to two inputs v₁ and v₂ and using the table consecutively (recursively), as represented by Expression (4).

[Math 3]

x=2 tan h ⁻¹{tan h(v ₁/2)tan h(v ₂/2)}=R(v ₁ ,v ₂)  (3)

[Math 4]

u _(j) =R(V ₁ ,R(v ₂ ,R(v ₃ , . . . R(V _(d) _(o) −2,V _(d) _(o) −1))))  (4)

In Step S12, the variable k is incremented by “1” and the processing proceeds to Step S13. In Step S13, it is determined whether the variable k is more than the predetermined repetition decoding number of times C. When it is determined in Step S13 that the variable k is not more than C, the processing returns to Step S12 and the same processing is repeated hereinafter.

When it is determined in Step S13 that the variable k is more than C, the processing proceeds to Step S14, the message v_(i) that corresponds to a decoding result to be finally output is calculated by performing an operation represented by Expression (5) and is output, and the decoding processing of the LDPC code ends.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}\mspace{14mu} 5} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v}}u_{j}}}} & (5) \end{matrix}$

In this case, the operation of Expression (5) is performed using messages u_(j) from all edges connected to the variable node, different from the variable node operation of Expression (1).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix H of the (3, 6) LDPC code (an encoding rate of 1/2 and a code length of 12).

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 3, a weight of a column is set to 3 and a weight of a row is set to 6, similar to FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a Tanner graph of the parity check matrix H of FIG. 3.

In FIG. 4, the check node is represented by “+” (plus) and the variable node is represented by “=” (equal). The check node and the variable node correspond to the row and the column of the parity check matrix H. A line that couples the check node and the variable node is the edge and corresponds to “1” of elements of the parity check matrix.

That is, when an element of a j-th row and an i-th column of the parity check matrix is 1, in FIG. 4, an i-th variable node (node of “=”) from the upper side and a j-th check node (node of “+”) from the upper side are connected by the edge. The edge shows that a code bit corresponding to the variable node has a restriction condition corresponding to the check node.

In a sum product algorithm that is a decoding method of the LDPC code, the variable node operation and the check node operation are repetitively performed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the variable node operation that is performed by the variable node.

In the variable node, the message v_(i) that corresponds to the edge for calculation is calculated by the variable node operation of Expression (1) using messages u₁ and u₂ from the remaining edges connected to the variable node and the reception value u_(0i). The messages that correspond to the other edges are also calculated by the same method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the check node operation that is performed by the check node.

In this case, the check node operation of Expression (2) can be rewritten by Expression (6) using a relation of an expression a×b=exp {ln(|a|)+ln(|b|)}×sign(a)×sign(b). However, sign (x) is 1 in the case of x≧0 and is −1 in the case of x<0.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}\mspace{14mu} 6} \right\rbrack & \; \\ \begin{matrix} {u_{j} = {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}}} \\ {= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp \left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\ln \left( {{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \right\} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}}} \\ {= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp \left\{ {- \left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{- {\ln \left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right)} \right\}} \right\rbrack} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} \end{matrix} & (6) \end{matrix}$

In x≧0, if a function φ(x) is defined as an expression φ(x)=ln(tan h (x/2)), an expression φ⁻¹(x)=2 tan h⁻¹ (e^(−X)) is realized. For this reason, Expression (6) can be changed to Expression (7).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {u_{j} = {{\varphi^{- 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\varphi \left( {v_{i}} \right)}} \right)} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} & (7) \end{matrix}$

In the check node, the check node operation of Expression (2) is performed according to Expression (7).

That is, in the check node, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the message u_(j) that corresponds to the edge for calculation is calculated by the check node operation of Expression (7) using messages v₁, v₂, v₃, v₄, and v₅ from the remaining edges connected to the check node. The messages that correspond to the other edges are also calculated by the same method.

The function φ(x) of Expression (7) can be represented as φ(x)=ln((e^(x)+1)/(e^(x)−1)) and φ(x)=φ⁻¹(x) is satisfied in x>0. When the functions φ(x) and φ⁻¹(x) are mounted to hardware, the functions φ(x) and φ⁻¹(x) may be mounted using an LUT (Look Up Table). However, both the functions φ(x) and φ⁻¹(x) become the same LUT.

<Configuration Example of Transmission System to which Present Disclosure is Applied>

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a configuration of an embodiment of a transmission system (a system means a logical gathering of a plurality of devices and a device of each configuration may be arranged or may not be arranged in the same housing) to which the present technology is applied.

In FIG. 7, the transmission system includes a transmitting device 11 and a receiving device 12.

For example, the transmitting device 11 transmits (broadcasts) (transfers) a program of television broadcasting, and so on. That is, for example, the transmitting device 11 encodes target data that is a transmission target such as image data and audio data as a program into LDPC codes, and, for example, transmits them through a communication path 13 such as a satellite circuit, a ground wave and a cable (wire circuit).

The receiving device 12 receives the LDPC code transmitted from the transmitting device 11 through the communication path 13, decodes the LDPC code to obtain the target data, and outputs the target data.

In this case, it is known that the LDPC code used by the transmission system of FIG. 7 shows the very high capability in an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) communication path.

Meanwhile, in the communication path 13, burst error or erasure may be generated. Especially in the case where the communication path 13 is the ground wave, for example, in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system, power of a specific symbol may become 0 (erasure) according to delay of an echo (paths other than a main path), under a multi-path environment in which D/U (Desired to Undesired Ratio) is 0 dB (power of Undesired=echo is equal to power of Desired=main path).

In the flutter (communication path in which delay is 0 and an echo having a Doppler frequency is added), when D/U is 0 dB, entire power of an OFDM symbol at a specific time may become 0 (erasure) by the Doppler frequency.

In addition, the burst error may be generated due to a situation of a wiring line from a receiving unit (not illustrated in the drawings) of the side of the receiving device 12 such as an antenna receiving a signal from the transmitting device 11 to the receiving device 12 or instability of a power supply of the receiving device 12.

Meanwhile, in decoding of the LDPC code, in the variable node corresponding to the column of the parity check matrix H and the code bit of the LDPC code, as illustrated in FIG. 5 described above, the variable node operation of Expression (1) with the addition of (the reception value u0i of) the code bit of the LDPC code is performed. For this reason, if error is generated in the code bits used for the variable node operation, precision of the calculated message is deteriorated.

In the decoding of the LDPC code, in the check node, the check node operation of Expression (7) is performed using the message calculated by the variable node connected to the check node. For this reason, if the number of check nodes in which error (including erasure) is generated simultaneously in (the code bits of the LDPC codes corresponding to) the plurality of connected variable nodes increases, decoding performance is deteriorated.

That is, if the two or more variable nodes of the variable nodes connected to the check node become simultaneously erasure, the check node returns a message in which the probability of a value being 0 and the probability of a value being 1 are equal to each other, to all the variable nodes. In this case, the check node that returns the message of the equal probabilities does not contribute to one decoding processing (one set of the variable node operation and the check node operation). As a result, it is necessary to increase the repetition number of times of the decoding processing, the decoding performance is deteriorated, and consumption power of the receiving device 12 that performs decoding of the LDPC code increases.

Therefore, in the transmission system of FIG. 7, tolerance against the burst error or the erasure can be improved while performance in the AWGN communication path (AWGN channel) is maintained.

<Example of Configuration of Transmitting Device 11>

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 7.

In the transmitting device 11, one or more input streams corresponding to target data are supplied to a mode adaptation/multiplexer 111.

The mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 performs mode selection and processes such as multiplexing of one or more input streams supplied thereto, as needed, and supplies data obtained as a result to a padder 112.

The padder 112 performs necessary zero padding (insertion of Null) with respect to the data supplied from the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 and supplies data obtained as a result to a BB scrambler 113.

The BB scrambler 113 performs base-band scrambling (BB scrambling) with respect to the data supplied from the padder 112 and supplies data obtained as a result to a BCH encoder 114.

The BCH encoder 114 performs BCH encoding with respect to the data supplied from the BB scrambler 113 and supplies data obtained as a result as LDPC target data to be an LDPC encoding target to an LDPC encoder 115.

The LDPC encoder 115 performs, for example, LDPC encoding according to a parity check matrix in which a parity matrix to be a portion corresponding to a parity bit of an LDPC code becomes a staircase (dual diagonal) structure with respect to the LDPC target data supplied from the BCH encoder 114, and outputs an LDPC code in which the LDPC target data is information bits.

That is, the LDPC encoder 115 performs the LDPC encoding to encode the LDPC target data with an LDPC such as the LDPC code (corresponding to the parity check matrix) defined in the predetermined standard of the DVB-S.2, the DVB-T.2, the DVB-C.2 or the like and outputs the LDPC code that is yet to be applied by ATSC 3.0 (corresponding to the parity check matrix) or the like obtained as a result.

The LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and the LDPC code that is to be adopted by the ATSC 3.0 are an Irregular Repeat Accumulate (IRA) code and a parity matrix of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code becomes a staircase structure. The parity matrix and the staircase structure will be described later. The IRA code is described in “Irregular Repeat-Accumulate Codes”, H. Jin, A. Khandekar, and R. J. McEliece, in Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Turbo codes and Related Topics, pp. 1 to 8, September 2000, for example.

The LDPC code that is output by the LDPC encoder 115 is supplied to the bit interleaver 116.

The bit interleaver 116 performs bit interleaving to be described later with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the bit interleaving to a mapper 117.

The mapper 117 maps the LDPC code supplied from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point representing one symbol of quadrature modulation in a unit (symbol unit) of code bits of one or more bits of the LDPC code and performs the quadrature modulation (multilevel modulation).

That is, the mapper 117 performs mapping the LDPC code supplied from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point determined by a modulation method performing the quadrature modulation of the LDPC code, on an IQ plane (IQ constellation) defined by an I axis representing an I component of the same phase as a carrier and a Q axis representing a Q component orthogonal to the carrier, and performs the quadrature modulation.

When the number of signal points decided using a modulation method of quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117 is 2^(m), code bits having m bits of an LDPC code are set as a symbol (one symbol) and the mapper 117 maps the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point indicating the symbol among the 2^(m) signal points in units of symbols.

In this case, as the modulation method of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117, there are modulation methods including the modulation method defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, and other modulation method to be adopted by the ATSC 3.0, that is, BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying), QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), 8PSK (Phase-Shift Keying), 16APSK (Amplitude Phase-Shift Keying), 32APSK, 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, 4PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation), or the like. In the mapper 117, to perform the quadrature modulation based on which modulation method is previously set according to an operation of an operator of the transmitting device 11.

Data (mapping result in which the symbol is mapped to the signal point) that is obtained by processing in the mapper 117 is supplied to the time interleaver 118.

The time interleaver 118 performs time interleaving (interleaving in a time direction) in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the mapper 117 and supplies data obtained as a result to an SISO/MISO encoder (SISO/MISO (Single Input Single Output/Multiple Input Single Output) encoder) 119.

The SISO/MISO encoder 119 performs spatiotemporal encoding with respect to the data supplied from the time interleaver 118 and supplies the data to the frequency interleaver 120.

The frequency interleaver 120 performs frequency interleaving (interleaving in a frequency direction) in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the SISO/MISO encoder 119 and supplies the data to a frame builder/resource allocation unit 131.

On the other hand, for example, control data (signaling) for transfer control such as BB signaling (Base Band Signaling) (BB Header) is supplied to the BCH encoder 121.

The BCH encoder 121 performs the BCH encoding with respect to the signaling supplied thereto and supplies data obtained as a result to an LDPC encoder 122, similar to the BCH encoder 114.

The LDPC encoder 122 sets the data supplied from the BCH encoder 121 as LDPC target data, performs the LDPC encoding with respect to the data, and supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result to a mapper 123, similar to the LDPC encoder 115.

The mapper 123 maps the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 122 to a signal point representing one symbol of quadrature modulation in a unit (symbol unit) of code bits of one or more bits of the LDPC code, performs the quadrature modulation, and supplies data obtained as a result to the frequency interleaver 124, similar to the mapper 117.

The frequency interleaver 124 performs the frequency interleaving in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the mapper 123 and supplies the data to the frame builder/resource allocation unit 131, similar to the frequency interleaver 120.

The frame builder/resource allocation unit 131 inserts symbols of pilots into necessary positions of the data (symbols) supplied from the frequency interleavers 120 and 124, configures a frame (for example, a physical layer (PL) frame, a T2 frame, a C2 frame, and so on) including symbols of a predetermined number from data (symbols) obtained as a result, and supplies the frame to an OFDM generating unit 132.

The OFDM generating unit 132 generates an OFDM signal corresponding to the frame from the frame supplied from the frame builder/resource allocation unit 131 and transmits the OFDM signal through the communication path 13 (FIG. 7).

Here, for example, the transmitting device 11 can be configured without including part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 8 such as the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120 and the frequency interleaver 124.

<Configuration of Bit Interleaver 116>

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the bit interleaver 116 in FIG. 8.

The bit interleaver 116 has a function of interleaving data and includes a parity interleaver 23, a group-wise interleaver 24, and a block interleaver 25.

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving of interleaving a parity bit of an LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 to a position of another parity bit, and supplies the parity-interleaved LDPC code to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 performs group-wise interleaving on the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23, and supplies the group-wise-interleaved LDPC code to the block interleaver 25.

Here, in the group-wise interleaving, with a bit group of 360 bits of one section obtained by sectioning the LDPC code corresponding to one code in a unit of 360 bits that is equal to a unit size P to be described later from the head of the code, the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 is interleaved in units of bit groups.

When group-wise interleaving is performed, an error rate can be improved more than when group-wise interleaving is not performed, and as a result, excellent communication quality can be ensured in data transmission.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleaving for inversely multiplexing the LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24, then makes the LDPC code corresponding to one code, for example, into a symbol having m bits that is a unit of mapping, and supplies the symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

Here, in block interleaving, for example, in a storage region in which columns serving as a storage region storing a predetermined number of bits in the column (longitudinal) direction are arrayed in a number equal to the number of bits m of the symbol in the row (transverse) direction, the LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 is written in the column direction and read in the row direction, and thereby the LDPC code corresponding to one code is made into a symbol of m bits.

<Parity Check Matrix of LDPC Code>

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix H that is used for LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity check matrix H becomes an LDGM (Low-Density Generation Matrix) structure and can be represented by Expression H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] (a matrix in which elements of the information matrix H_(A) are set to left elements and elements of the parity matrix H_(T) are set to right elements), using an information matrix H_(A) of a portion corresponding to information bits among the code bits of the LDPC code and a parity matrix H_(T) corresponding to the parity bits.

In this case, a bit number of the information bits among the code bits of one LDPC code and a bit number of the parity bits are referred to as an information length K and a parity length M, respectively, and a bit number of the code bits of one LDPC code (one code word) is referred to as a code length N(=K+M).

The information length K and the parity length M of the LDPC code having the certain code length N are determined by an encoding rate. The parity check matrix H becomes a matrix in which row×column is M×N (a matrix whose row is M and column is N). The information matrix H_(A) becomes a matrix of M×K and the parity matrix H_(T) becomes a matrix of M×M.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H that is used for LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H that is used for LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 becomes the same as the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard of, for example, DVB-T.2, or the like.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like becomes a staircase structure matrix (lower bidagonal matrix) in which elements of 1 are arranged in a staircase shape, as illustrated in FIG. 11. The row weight of the parity matrix H_(T) becomes 1 with respect to the first row and becomes 2 with respect to the remaining rows. The column weight becomes 1 with respect to the final column and becomes 2 with respect to the remaining columns.

As described above, the LDPC code of the parity check matrix H in which the parity matrix H_(T) becomes the staircase structure can be easily generated using the parity check matrix H.

That is, the LDPC code (one code word) is represented by a row vector c and a column vector obtained by transposing the row vector is represented by C^(T). In addition, a portion of information bits of the row vector c to be the LDPC code is represented by a row vector A and a portion of the parity bits is represented by a row vector T.

The row vector c can be represented by Expression c=[A|T] (a row vector in which elements of the row vector A are set to left elements and elements of the row vector T are set to right elements), using the row vector A corresponding to the information bits and the row vector T corresponding to the parity bits.

In the parity check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] corresponding to the LDPC code, it is necessary to satisfy Expression Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T that corresponds to the parity bits constituting the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying Expression Hc^(T)=0 can be sequentially calculated by setting elements of each row to 0, sequentially (in order) from elements of a first row of the column vector Hc^(T) in Expression Hc^(T)=0, when the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] becomes the staircase structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 12 is an illustration of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like.

The column weight becomes X with respect KX columns from a first column of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, becomes 3 with respect to the following K3 columns, becomes 2 with respect to the following (M−1) columns, and becomes 1 with respect to a final column.

In this case, KX+K3+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N.

FIG. 13 is an illustration of column numbers KX, K3, and M and a column weight X, with respect to each encoding rate r of the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like.

In the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, LDPC codes that have code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 64800 bits, 11 encoding rates (nominal rates) of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined. With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 16200 bits, 10 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined.

Hereinafter, the code length N of the 64800 bits is referred to as 64 k bits and the code length N of the 16200 is referred to as 16 k bits.

With respect to the LDPC code, an error rate tends to be low in a code bit corresponding to a column of which a column weight of the parity check matrix H is large.

In the parity check matrix H that is illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 and is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, a column weight of a column of a head side (left side) tends to be large. Therefore, with respect to the LDPC code corresponding to the parity check matrix H, a code bit of a head side tends to be strong for error (there is tolerance against the error) and a code bit of an ending side tends to be weak for the error.

<Parity Interleaving>

The parity interleaving by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of (a part of) a Tanner graph of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, if a plurality of, for example, two variable nodes among (the code bits corresponding to) the variable nodes connected to the check node simultaneously become the error such as the erasure, the check node returns a message in which the probability of a value being 0 and the probability of a value being 1 are equal to each other, to all the variable nodes connected to the check node. For this reason, if the plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node simultaneously become the erasure, decoding performance is deteriorated.

Meanwhile, the LDPC code that is output by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 is, similar to the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, an IRA code and the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H becomes a staircase structure, as illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) becoming the staircase structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

A of FIG. 15 illustrates an example of the parity matrix HT becoming the staircase structure and B of FIG. 15 illustrates the Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix HT of A of FIG. 15.

In the parity matrix H_(T) with a staircase structure, elements of 1 are adjacent in each row (excluding the first row). Therefore, in the Tanner graph of the parity matrix H_(T), two adjacent variable nodes corresponding to a column of two adjacent elements in which the value of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 are connected with the same check node.

Therefore, when parity bits corresponding to two above-mentioned adjacent variable nodes become errors at the same time by burst error and erasure, and so on, the check node connected with two variable nodes (variable nodes to find a message by the use of parity bits) corresponding to those two parity bits that became errors returns message that the probability with a value of 0 and the probability with a value of 1 are equal probability, to the variable nodes connected with the check node, and therefore the performance of decoding is deteriorated. Further, when the burst length (bit number of parity bits that continuously become errors) becomes large, the number of check nodes that return the message of equal probability increases and the performance of decoding is further deteriorated.

Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleaving for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 into positions of other parity bits, to prevent the decoding performance from being deteriorated.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9.

In this case, the information matrix H_(A) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code that is output by the LDPC encoder 115 becomes a cyclic structure, similar to the information matrix of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like.

The cyclic structure means a structure in which a certain column is matched with a column obtained by cyclically shifting another column. For example, the cyclic structure includes a structure in which a position of 1 of each row of P columns becomes a position obtained by cyclically shifting a first column of the P columns in a column direction by a predetermined value, such as a value proportional to a value q obtained by dividing a parity length M, for every P columns. Hereinafter, the P columns in the cyclic structure are appropriately referred to as a unit size.

As an LDPC code defined in a standard such as DVB-T.2, as described in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, there are two kinds of LDPC codes whose code length N is 64800 bits and 16200 bits, and, for both of those two kinds of LDPC codes, the unit size P is defined as 360 which is one of divisors excluding 1 and M among the divisors of the parity length M.

The parity length M becomes a value other than primes represented by Expression M=q×P=q×360, using a value q different according to the encoding rate. Therefore, similar to the unit size P, the value q is one other than 1 and M among the divisors of the parity length M and is obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (the product of P and q to be the divisors of the parity length M becomes the parity length M).

As described above, when information length is assumed to be K, an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than P is assumed to be x and an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than q is assumed to be y, the parity interleaver 23 interleaves the K+qx+y+1-th code bit among code bits of an LDPC code of N bits to the position of the K+Py+x+1-th code bit as parity interleaving.

Since both of the K+qx+y+1-th code bit and the K+Py+x+1-th code bit are code bits after the K+1-th one, they are parity bits, and therefore the positions of the parity bits of the LDPC code are moved according to the parity interleaving.

According to the parity interleaving, (the parity bits corresponding to) the variable nodes connected to the same check node are separated by the unit size P, that is, 360 bits in this case. For this reason, when the burst length is less than 360 bits, the plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node can be prevented from simultaneously becoming the error. As a result, tolerance against the burst error can be improved.

The LDPC code after the interleave for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit into the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit is matched with an LDPC code of a parity check matrix (hereinafter, referred to as a transformed parity check matrix) obtained by performing column replacement for replacing the (K+qx+y+1)-th column of the original parity check matrix H with the (K+Py+x+1)-th column.

In the parity matrix of the transformed parity check matrix, as illustrated in FIG. 16, a pseudo-cyclic structure that uses the P columns (in FIG. 16, 360 columns) as a unit appears.

In this case, the pseudo-cyclic structure means a structure in which a cyclic structure is formed except for a part thereof.

The transformed parity check matrix that is obtained by performing the column replacement corresponding to the parity interleaving with respect to the parity check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like becomes the pseudo-cyclic structure, not the (perfect) cyclic structure, because the number of elements of 1 is less than 1 (elements of 0 exist) in a portion (shifted matrix to be described later) of 360 rows×360 columns of a upper right corner portion of the transformed parity check matrix.

The transformed parity check matrix with respect to the parity check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a pseudo-cyclic structure like the transformed parity check matrix with respect to the parity check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard of, for example, DVB-T.2, or the like

The transformed parity check matrix of FIG. 16 becomes a matrix that is obtained by performing the column replacement corresponding to the parity interleaving and replacement (row replacement) of a row to configure the transformed parity check matrix with a constitutive matrix to be described later, with respect to the original parity check matrix H.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating processing executed by the LDPC encoder 115, the bit interleaver 116, and the mapper 117 of FIG. 8.

The LDPC encoder 115 awaits supply of the LDPC target data from the BCH encoder 114. In Step S101, the LDPC encoder 115 encodes the LDPC target data with the LDPC code and supplies the LDPC code to the bit interleaver 116.

The processing proceeds to Step S102.

In Step S102, the bit interleaver 116 performs bit interleave with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies a symbol obtained by the bit interleave to the mapper 117. The processing proceeds to Step S103.

That is, in Step S102, in the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 9), the parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 performs group-wise interleaving with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code to the block interleaver 25.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleave with respect to the LDPC code after the group-wise interleaving is performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 and supplies a symbol of m bits obtained as a result to the mapper 117.

In Step S103, the mapper 117 maps the symbol supplied from the block interleaver 25 to any of 2m signal points determined by the modulation method of the orthogonal modulation performed by the mapper 117, performs the orthogonal modulation, and supplies data obtained as a result to the time interleaver 118.

As described above, the parity interleaving or the group-wise interleaving is performed, so that an error rate when the plurality of code bits of the LDPC code are transmitted as one symbol can be improved.

In FIG. 9, the parity interleaver 23 to be a block to perform the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaver 24 to be a block to perform the group-wise interleaving are individually configured for the convenience of explanation. However, the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24 can be integrally configured.

That is, both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving can be performed by writing and reading of the code bits with respect to the memory and can be represented by a matrix to convert an address (write address) to perform writing of the code bits into an address (read address) to perform reading of the code bits.

Therefore, if a matrix obtained by multiplying a matrix representing the parity interleaving and a matrix representing the group-wise interleaving is calculated, the code bits are converted by the matrix, the parity interleaving is performed, and a group-wise interleaving result of the LDPC code after the parity interleaving can be obtained.

In addition to the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24, the block interleaver 25 can be integrally configured.

That is, the block interleave executed by the block interleaver 25 can be represented by the matrix to convert the write address of the memory 31 storing the LDPC code into the read address.

Therefore, if a matrix obtained by multiplying the matrix representing the parity interleaving, the matrix representing the group-wise interleaving, and the matrix representing the block interleaving is calculated, the parity interleaving, the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving can be collectively executed by the matrix.

<Configuration Example of LDPC Encoder 115>

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The LDPC encoder 122 of FIG. 8 is also configured in the same manner.

As described in FIGS. 12 and 13, in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, the LDPC codes that have the two code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 64800 bits, 11 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined. With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 16200 bits, 10 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined (FIGS. 12 and 13).

For example, the LDPC encoder 115 can perform encoding (error correction encoding) using the LDPC code of each encoding rate having the code length N of 64800 bits or 16200 bits, according to the parity check matrix H prepared for each code length N and each encoding rate.

The LDPC encoder 115 includes an encoding processing unit 601 and a storage unit 602.

The encoding processing unit 601 includes an encoding rate setting unit 611, an initial value table reading unit 612, a parity check matrix generating unit 613, an information bit reading unit 614, an encoding parity operation unit 615, an a control unit 616. The encoding processing unit 601 performs the LDPC encoding of LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result to the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 8).

That is, the encoding rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the encoding rate of the LDPC code, according to an operation of an operator.

The initial value table reading unit 612 reads a parity check matrix initial value table to be described later, which corresponds to the code length N and the encoding rate set by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the storage unit 602.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 generates a parity check matrix H by arranging elements of 1 of an information matrix H_(A) corresponding to an information length K (=information length N-parity length M) according to the code length N and the encoding rate set by the encoding rate setting unit 611 in the column direction with a period of 360 columns (unit size P), on the basis of the parity check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612, and stores the parity check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

The information bit reading unit 614 reads (extracts) information bits corresponding to the information length K, from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115.

The encoding parity operation unit 615 reads the parity check matrix H generated by the parity check matrix generating unit 613 from the storage unit 602, and generates a code word (LDPC code) by calculating parity bits for the information bits read by the information bit reading unit 614 on the basis of a predetermined expression using the parity check matrix H.

The control unit 616 controls each block constituting the encoding processing unit 601.

In the storage unit 602, a plurality of parity check matrix initial value tables that correspond to the plurality of encoding rates illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, with respect to the code lengths N such as the 64800 bits and 16200 bits, are stored. In addition, the storage unit 602 temporarily stores data that is necessary for processing of the encoding processing unit 601.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 18.

In Step S201, the encoding rate setting unit 611 determines (sets) the code length N and the encoding rate r to perform the LDPC encoding.

In Step S202, the initial value table reading unit 612 reads the previously determined parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the storage unit 602.

In Step S203, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 calculates (generates) the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code of the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, using the parity check matrix initial value table read from the storage unit 602 by the initial value table reading unit 612, supplies the parity check matrix to the storage unit 602, and stores the parity check matrix in the storage unit.

In Step S204, the information bit reading unit 614 reads the information bits of the information length K (=N×r) corresponding to the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115, reads the parity check matrix H calculated by the parity check matrix generating unit 613 from the storage unit 602, and supplies the information bits and the parity check matrix to the encoding parity operation unit 615.

In Step S205, the encoding parity operation unit 615 sequentially operates parity bits of a code word c that satisfies Expression (8) using the information bits and the parity check matrix H that have been read from the information bit reading unit 614.

Hc ^(T)=0  (8)

In Expression (8), c represents a row vector as the code word (LDPC code) and c^(T) represents transposition of the row vector c.

As described above, when a portion of the information bits of the row vector c as the LDPC code (one code word) is represented by a row vector A and a portion of the parity bits is represented by a row vector T, the row vector c can be represented by Expression c=[A/T], using the row vector A as the information bits and the row vector T as the parity bits.

In the parity check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] corresponding to the LDPC code, it is necessary to satisfy Expression Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T that corresponds to the parity bits constituting the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying Expression Hc^(T)=0 can be sequentially calculated by setting elements of each row to 0, sequentially from elements of a first row of the column vector Hc^(T) in Expression Hc^(T)=0, when the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] becomes the staircase structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

If the encoding parity operation unit 615 calculates the parity bits T with respect to the information bits A from the information bit reading unit 614, the encoding parity operation unit 615 outputs the code word c=[A/T] represented by the information bits A and the parity bits T as an LDPC encoding result of the information bits A.

Then, in Step S206, the control unit 616 determines whether the LDPC encoding ends. When it is determined in Step S206 that the LDPC encoding does not end, that is, when there is LDPC target data to perform the LDPC encoding, the processing returns to Step S201 (or Step S204). Hereinafter, the processing of Steps S201 (or Step S204) to S206 is repeated.

When it is determined in Step S206 that the LDPC encoding ends, that is, there is no LDPC target data to perform the LDPC encoding, the LDPC encoder 115 ends the processing.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to each code length N and each encoding rate r is prepared and the LDPC encoder 115 performs the LDPC encoding of the predetermined code length N and the predetermined encoding rate r, using the parity check matrix H generated from the parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to the predetermined code length N and the predetermined encoding rate r.

<Example of Parity Check Matrix Initial Value Table>

The parity check matrix initial value table is a table that represents positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code (LDPC code defined by the parity check matrix H) for every 360 columns (unit size P) and is previously made for each parity check matrix H of each code length N and each encoding rate r.

That is to say, the parity check matrix initial value table represents the positions of the elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) at least for every 360 columns (unit size P).

In addition, as the parity check matrix H, there are a parity check matrix defined in DVB-T.2 or the like in which the (entire) parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure and a parity check matrix proposed by CRC/ETRI in which a part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure and the rest is a diagonal matrix (unit matrix).

Hereinbelow, an expression method of a parity check matrix initial value table representing the parity check matrix defined in DVB-T.2 or the like in which the parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure will be referred to as a DBV method and an expression method of a parity check matrix initial value table representing the parity check matrix proposed by CRC/ETRI will be referred to as an ETRI method.

FIG. 20 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method.

That is, FIG. 20 illustrates a parity check matrix initial value table with respect to the parity check matrix H that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and has the code length N of 16200 bits and the encoding rate (an encoding rate of notation of the DVB-T.2) r of 1/4.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) calculates the parity check matrix H using the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method, as follows.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating the parity check matrix H from the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method.

That is, FIG. 21 illustrates a parity check matrix initial value table with respect to the parity check matrix H that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and has the code length N of 16200 bits and the encoding rate r of 2/3.

The parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method is the table that represents the positions of the elements of 1 of the entire information matrix H_(A) corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code for every 360 columns (unit size P). In the i-th row thereof, row numbers (row numbers when a row number of a first row of the parity check matrix H is set to 0) of elements of 1 of an 1+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix H are arranged by a number of column weights of the 1+360×(i−1)-th column.

Here, since the parity matrix H_(T) (FIG. 10) of the parity check matrix H of the DVB method corresponding to the parity length M is decided to have the staircase structure illustrated in FIG. 15, if the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the information length K can be obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table, the parity check matrix H can be obtained.

A row number k+1 of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method is different according to the information length K.

A relation of Expression (9) is realized between the information length K and the row number k+1 of the parity check matrix initial value table.

K=(k+1)×360  (9)

In this case, 360 of Expression (9) is the unit size P described in FIG. 16.

In the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21, 13 numerical values are arranged from the first row to the third row and 3 numerical values are arranged from the fourth row to the (k+1)-th row (in FIG. 21, the 30th row).

Therefore, the column weights of the parity check matrix H that are calculated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 are 13 from the first column to the (1+360×(3−1)−1)-th column and are 3 from the (1+360×(3−1))-th column to the K-th column.

The first row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 becomes 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622, which shows that elements of rows having row numbers of 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622 are 1 (and the other elements are 0), in the first column of the parity check matrix H.

The second row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 becomes 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108, which shows that elements of rows having row numbers of 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108 are 1, in the 361 (=1+360×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table represents positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) of the parity check matrix H for every 360 columns.

The columns other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H, that is, the individual columns from the (2+360×(i−1))-th column to the (360×i)-th column are arranged by cyclically shifting elements of 1 of the (1+360×(i−1))-th column determined by the parity check matrix initial value table periodically in a downward direction (downward direction of the columns) according to the parity length M.

That is, the (2+360×(i−1))-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting (1+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by M/360 (=q) and the next (3+360×(i−1))-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting (1+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by 2×M/360 (=2×q) (obtained by cyclically shifting (2+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by M/360 (=q)).

If a numerical value of a j-th column (j-th column from the left side) of an i-th row (i-th row from the upper side) of the parity check matrix initial value table is represented as h_(i,j) and a row number of the j-th element of 1 of the w-th column of the parity check matrix H is represented as H_(w-j), the row number H_(w-j) of the element of 1 of the w-th column to be a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H can be calculated by Expression (10).

H _(w-j)=mod {h _(i,j)+mod((w−1),P)×q,M)  (10)

In this case, mod(x, y) means a remainder that is obtained by dividing x by y.

In addition, P is a unit size described above. In the embodiment, for example, similar to the standard of the DVB-S.2, the DVB-T.2, and the DVB-C.2, P is 360. In addition, q is a value M/360 that is obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (=360).

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) specifies the row numbers of the elements of 1 of the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H by the parity check matrix initial value table.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) calculates the row number H_(w-j) of the element of 1 of the w-th column to be the column other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H, according to Expression (10), and generates the parity check matrix H in which the element of the obtained row number is set to 1.

FIG. 22 is an illustration of a structure of a parity check matrix of the ETRI method.

The parity check matrix of the ETRI method includes an A matrix, a B matrix, a C matrix, a D matrix, and a Z matrix.

The A matrix is a parity check matrix on the upper left side having g rows and K columns represented with the predetermined value g and the information length K of the LDPC code=code length N×encoding rate r.

The B matrix is a matrix with the staircase structure close to the right side of the A matrix, having g rows and g columns.

The C matrix is a matrix close to the bottom side of the A and B matrixes, having N−K−g rows and K+g columns.

The D matrix is a unit matrix close to the right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns.

The Z matrix is a zero matrix (0 matrix) close to the right side of the B matrix, having g rows and N−K−g columns.

In the parity check matrix of the ETRI method including the A matrix to the D matrix and the Z matrix as described above, the A matrix and a part of the C matrix constitute an information matrix, and the B matrix, the remainder of the C matrix, the D matrix, and the Z matrix constitute a parity matrix.

Note that, since the B matrix is a matrix with the staircase structure and the D matrix is a unit matrix, the parity matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI method has the staircase structure in a part thereof (the portion of the B matrix) and the remaining part (the portion of the D matrix) forms a diagonal matrix (unit matrix).

The A and C matrixes have the cyclic structure for every 360 columns (unit side P), like the information matrix of the parity check matrix of the DVB method, and the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI method represents positions of elements of 1 of the A and C matrixes for every 360 columns.

Here, since the A matrix and the part of the C matrix constitute the information matrix as described above, the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI method expressing the positions of elements of 1 of the A and C matrixes for every 360 columns can be said to represent positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) for every 360 columns.

FIG. 23 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI method.

That is to say, FIG. 23 illustrates the example of the parity check matrix initial value with respect to a parity check matrix having the code length N of 50 bits and the encoding rate r of 1/2.

The parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI method is a table representing the positions of the elements of 1 of the A and C matrixes for each unit size P, and in the i-th row thereof, row numbers (row numbers when a row number of a first row of the parity check matrix is set to 0) of elements of 1 of a 1+P×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix are arranged equal in number to column weights of the 1+P×(i−1)-th column.

Note that, in order to simplify description, the unit size P is set to, for example, 5 herein.

In addition, for the parity check matrix of the ETRI method, g=M₁, M₂, Q₁, and Q₂ are used as parameters.

g=M₁ is a parameter for deciding the size of the B matrix, and is set to the value of a multiple of the unit size R By adjusting g=M₁, performance of the LDPC code is changed, and when the parity check matrix is decided, it is adjusted to a predetermined value. Herein, for g=M₁, 15, which is three times the unit size P=5, is set to be employed.

M₂ is the value of M−M₁ which is obtained by subtracting M₁ from the parity length M.

Here, the information length K is N×r=50×1/2=25, and the parity length M is N−K=50−25=25, and thus M₂ is M−M₁=25−15=10.

Q₁ is obtained according to the expression Q₁=M₁/P, representing the number of shifts (the number of rows) of cyclic shift of the A matrix.

That is to say, columns other than the 1+P×(i−1)-th column of the A matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI method, i.e., columns from the 2+P×(i−1)-th column to the P×i-th column are arranged by cyclically shifting elements of 1 of the 1+360×(i−1)-th column determined by the parity check matrix initial value table periodically in a downward direction (downward direction of the columns), and Q₁ represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift of the A matrix.

Q₂ is obtained according to the expression Q₂=M₂/P, representing the number of shifts (the number of rows) of cyclic shift of the C matrix.

That is to say, columns other than the 1+P×(i−1)-th column of the C matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI method, i.e., columns from the 2+P×(i−1)-th column to the P×i-th column are arranged by cyclically shifting elements of 1 of the 1+360×(i−1)-th column determined by the parity check matrix initial value table periodically in a downward direction (downward direction of the columns), and Q₂ represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift of the C matrix.

Here, Q₁ is M₁/P=15/3=5, and Q₂ is M₂/P=10/5=2.

In the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, three numerical values are arranged in the first and second rows, one numerical value is arranged from the 3^(rd) to 5^(th) rows, and according to the arrangement of the numerical values, the column weight of the parity check matrix obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 is 3 for the first to the 1+5×(2−1)−1-th columns, 1 for the 1+5×(2−1)-th to the 5^(th) columns.

That is to say, the first row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 has 2, 6, and 18, which means elements in rows having the row numbers of 2, 6, and 18 are 1 (and the other elements are 0) in the first column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in this case, the A matrix is a matrix having 15 rows and 25 columns (g rows and K columns) and the C matrix is a matrix having 10 rows and 40 columns (N−K−g rows and K+g columns), and thus rows having the row numbers of 0 to 14 of the parity check matrix are rows of the A matrix, and rows having the row numbers of 15 to 24 of the parity check matrix are rows of the C matrix.

Thus, among rows having the row numbers of 2, 6, and 18 (hereinafter described as rows #2, #6, and #18), the rows #2 and #6 are rows of the A matrix, and the row #18 is a row of the C matrix.

The second row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 has 2, 10, and 19, which means that elements of rows #2, #10, and #19 are 1 in the 6 (=+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in the 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, among the rows #2, #10, and #19, the rows #2 and #10 are rows of the A matrix, and the row #19 is a row of the C matrix.

The third row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 has 22, which means that elements of the row #22 are 1 in the 11 (=1+5×(3−1))-th column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in the 11 (=1+5×(3−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, the row #22 is a row of the C matrix.

Likewise, 19 in the fourth row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates that elements of the row #19 are 1 in the 16 (=1+5×(4−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, and 15 of the fifth row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates that elements of the row #15 are 1 in the 21 (=1+5×(5−1))-th column of the parity check matrix.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table represents the elements of 1 of the A and C matrixes of the parity check matrix for every unit size P=5 columns.

Columns other than the 1+5×(i−1)-th columns of the A and C matrixes, i.e., columns from the 2+5×(i−1)-th column to the 5×i-th column are arranged by cyclically shifting the elements of 1 of the 1+5×(i−1)-th column determined in the parity check matrix initial table periodically in the downward direction (downward direction of the columns) according to the parameters Q₁ and Q₂.

That is to say, for example, the 2+5×(i−1)-th column of the A matrix is obtained by cyclically shifting the 1+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by Q₁ (=3), and the next 3+5×(i−1)-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting the 1+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by 2×Q₁ (=2×3) (cyclically shifting the 2+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by Q₁).

In addition, for example, the 2+5×(i−1)-th column of the C matrix is obtained by cyclically shifting the 1+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by Q₂ (=2), and the next 3+5×(i−1)-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting the 1+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by 2×Q₂ (=2×2) (cyclically shifting the 2+5×(i−1)-th column in the downward direction by Q₂).

FIG. 24 is an illustration of the A matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the A matrix of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #6 of the 1 (=1+5×(1−1))-st column are 1 according to the first row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

Thus, respective columns from the 2 (=2+5×(1−1))-nd column to the 5 (=5+5×(1−1))-th column are obtained by cyclically shifting their previous columns in the downward direction by Q₁=3.

Further, in the A matrix of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #10 of the 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column are 1 according to the second row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

Thus, respective columns from the 7 (=2+5×(2−1))-th column to the 10 (=5+5×(2−1))-th column are obtained by cyclically shifting their previous columns in the downward direction by Q₁=3.

FIG. 25 is an illustration of parity interleaving of the B matrix.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) generates the A matrix using the parity check matrix initial value table, and disposes the B matrix with the staircase structure close to the right side of the A matrix. Then, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 regards the B matrix as a parity matrix, and performs parity interleaving so that the elements of 1 close to the B matrix having the staircase structure are separated the unit size P=5 from each other in the row direction.

FIG. 25 illustrates the A matrix and the B matrix after the parity interleaving of the B matrix.

FIG. 26 is an illustration of the C matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the C matrix of FIG. 26, the elements of the row #18 of the 1 (=1+5×(1−1))-st column of the parity check matrix are 1 according to the first row of the parity check matric initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, respective columns from the 2 (=2+5×(1−1))-nd column to the 5 (=5+5×(1−1))-th column of the C matrix are obtained by cyclically shifting their previous columns in the downward direction by Q₂=2.

Further, in the C matrix of FIG. 26, according to the second to fifth rows of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, the elements of the row #19 of the 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, the row #22 of the 11 (=1+5×(3−1))-th column, the row #19 of the 16 (=1+5×(4−1))-th column, and the row #15 of the 21 (=1+5×(5˜1))-st column are 1.

In addition, respective columns from the 7 (=2+5×(2−1))-th column to the 10 (=5+5×(2−1))-th column, respective columns from the 12 (=2+5×(3−1))-th column to the 15 (=5+5×(3−1))-th column, respective columns from the 17 (=2+5×(4−1))-th column to the 20 (=5+5×(4−1))-th column, and respective columns from the 22 (=2+5×(5−1))-nd column to the 25 (=5+5×(5−1))-th column are obtained by cyclically shifting their previous columns in the downward direction by Q₂=2.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) generates the C matrix using the parity check matrix initial value table, and disposes the C matrix below the A matrix and the (parity-interleaved) B matrix.

Further, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 disposes the Z matrix on the right side of the B matrix and the D matrix on the right side of the C matrix, thereby generating the parity check matrix illustrated in FIG. 26.

FIG. 27 is an illustration of parity interleaving of the D matrix.

After generating the parity check matrix of FIG. 26, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 regards the D matrix as a parity matrix, and performs parity interleaving (only for the D matrix) so that the elements of 1 in the odd-numbered rows and the next even-numbered rows of the D matrix of the unit matrix are separated the unit size P=5 from each other in the row direction.

FIG. 27 illustrates the parity check matrix obtained by performing parity interleaving of the D matrix on the parity check matrix of FIG. 26.

The LDPC encoder 115 (especially, the encoding parity operation unit 615 thereof (FIG. 18)) performs LDPC encoding (generation of an LDPC code) using, for example, the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

Here, the LDPC code generated using the parity check matrix of FIG. 27 is an LDPC code that has undergone parity interleaving, and thus it is not necessary for the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) to perform parity interleaving on the LDPC code generated using the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

FIG. 28 is an illustration of a parity check matrix obtained by performing, on the B matrix, a part of the C matrix (the portion of the C matrix disposed below the B matrix), and the D matrix of the parity check matrix of FIG. 27, column permutation as parity deinterleaving which returns parity interleaving to an original arrangement.

The LDPC encoder 115 can perform LDPC encoding (generation of the LDPC code) using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28.

When the LDPC encoding is performed using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28, an LDPC code that has not undergone parity interleaving is obtained according to the LDPC encoding. Thus, when LDPC encoding is performed using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is an illustration of a transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

The transformed parity check matrix is represented by a combination of a P×P unit matrix, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more 1s of the unit matrix are set to zero, a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, a sum matrix of two or more matrixes of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, and the shifted matrix, and a P×P zero matrix as will be described below.

By using the transformed parity check matrix in decoding of the LDPC code, an architecture in which check node operations and variable node operations are simultaneously performed P times can be used in decoding of the LDPC code as will be described below.

<New LDPC Code>

At present, a standard for terrestrial digital television broadcasting called ATSC 3.0 is being developed.

Thus, a novel LDPC code (hereinafter also referred to as a new LDPC code) which can be used in ATSC 3.0 and other data transmission will be described.

As the new LDPC code, for example, an LDPC code of the DVB method or an LDPC code of the ETRI method corresponding to a parity check matrix having the cyclic structure and the unit size P of 360 the same as that of DVB-T.2 or the like.

The LDPC encoder 115 (FIGS. 8 and 18) can perform LDPC encoding on the new LDPC code using a parity check matrix obtained from a parity check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code having the code length N of 16 k bits or 64 k bits and the encoding rate r of any of 5/15, 6, 15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15 as below.

In this case, the storage unit 602 of the LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8) stores the parity check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code.

FIG. 30 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 8/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (16 k, 8/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

FIG. 31 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 10/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (16 k, 10/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

FIG. 32 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 12/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (16 k, 12/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

FIGS. 33, 34, and 35 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 7/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (64 k, 7/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

Note that FIG. 34 is a continuation of FIG. 33, and FIG. 35 is a continuation of FIG. 34.

FIGS. 36, 37, and 38 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 9/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (64 k, 9/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

Note that FIG. 37 is a continuation of FIG. 36, and FIG. 38 is a continuation of FIG. 37.

FIGS. 39, 40, and 41 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 11/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (64 k, 11/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

Note that FIG. 40 is a continuation of FIG. 39, FIG. 41 is a continuation of FIG. 40, and FIG. 42 is a continuation of FIG. 41.

FIGS. 43, 44, 45, and 46 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 13/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Sony code with (64 k, 13/15)) proposed by the present applicant.

Note that FIG. 44 is a continuation of FIG. 43, FIG. 45 is a continuation of FIG. 44, and FIG. 46 is a continuation of FIG. 45.

FIGS. 47 and 48 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 6/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Samsung code with (64 k, 6/15)) proposed by Samsung.

Note that FIG. 48 is a continuation of FIG. 47.

FIGS. 49, 50, and 51 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 8/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Samsung code with (64 k, 8/15)) proposed by Samsung.

Note that FIG. 50 is a continuation of FIG. 49, and FIG. 51 is a continuation of FIG. 50.

FIGS. 52, 53, and 54 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 12/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a Samsung code with (64 k, 12/15)) proposed by Samsung.

Note that FIG. 53 is a continuation of FIG. 52, and FIG. 54 is a continuation of FIG. 53.

FIG. 55 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 6/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (16 k, 6/15)) proposed by LGE.

FIG. 56 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 7/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (16 k, 7/15)) proposed by LGE.

FIG. 57 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 9/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (16 k, 9/15)) proposed by LGE.

FIG. 58 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 11/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (16 k, 11/15)) proposed by LGE.

FIG. 59 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 13/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (16 k, 13/15)) proposed by LGE.

FIGS. 60, 61, and 62 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 10/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a LGE code with (64 k, 10/15)) proposed by LGE.

Note that FIG. 61 is a continuation of FIG. 60, and FIG. 62 is a continuation of FIG. 61.

FIGS. 63, 64, and 65 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 9/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a NERC code with (64 k, 9/15)) proposed by NERC.

Note that FIG. 64 is a continuation of FIG. 63, and FIG. 65 is a continuation of FIG. 64.

FIG. 66 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 16 k and the encoding rate r of 5/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a ETRI code with (16 k, 5/15)) proposed by CRC/ETRI.

FIGS. 67 and 68 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 5/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15)) proposed by CRC/ETRI.

Note that FIG. 68 is a continuation of FIG. 67.

FIGS. 69 and 70 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 6/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a ETRI code with (64 k, 6/15)) proposed by CRC/ETRI.

Note that FIG. 70 is a continuation of FIG. 69.

FIGS. 71 and 72 are each an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB method with respect to a parity check matrix of the new LDPC code with the code length N or 64 k and the encoding rate r of 7/15 (hereinafter also referred to as a ETRI code with (64 k, 7/15)) proposed by CRC/ETRI.

Note that FIG. 72 is a continuation of FIG. 71.

Among new LDPC codes, the Sony code is an LDPC code with particularly good performance.

Here, the LDPC code of good performance is an LDPC code obtained from an appropriate parity check matrix H.

Moreover, the appropriate parity check matrix H is a parity check matrix that satisfies a predetermined condition to make BER (bit error rate) (and FER (frame error rate)) smaller when an LDPC code obtained from the parity check matrix H is transmitted at low E_(s)/N₀ or E_(b)/N₀ (signal-to-noise power ratio per bit).

For example, the appropriate parity check matrix H can be found by performing simulation to measure BER when LDPC codes obtained from various parity check matrices that satisfy a predetermined condition are transmitted at low E_(s)/N₀.

As a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H, for example, an analysis result obtained by a code performance analysis method called density evolution (Density Evolution) is excellent, and a loop of elements of 1 does not exist, which is called cycle 4, and so on.

Here, in the information matrix H_(A), it is known that the decoding performance of LDPC code is deteriorated when elements of 1 are dense like cycle 4, and therefore it is requested that cycle 4 does not exist, as a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H.

Here, the predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H can be arbitrarily determined from the viewpoint of the improvement in the decoding performance of LDPC code and the facilitation (simplification) of decoding processing of LDPC code, and so on.

FIG. 73 and FIG. 74 are diagrams to describe the density evolution that can obtain an analytical result as a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H.

The density evolution is a code analysis method that calculates the expectation value of the error probability of the entire LDPC code (ensemble) with a code length N of ∞ characterized by a degree sequence described later.

For example, when the dispersion value of noise is gradually increased from 0 on the AWGN channel, the expectation value of the error probability of a certain ensemble is 0 first, but, when the dispersion value of noise becomes equal to or greater than a certain threshold, it is not 0.

According to the density evolution, by comparison of the threshold of the dispersion value of noise (which may also be called a performance threshold) in which the expectation value of the error probability is not 0, it is possible to decide the quality of ensemble performance (appropriateness of the parity check matrix).

Here, as for a specific LDPC code, when an ensemble to which the LDPC code belongs is decided and density evolution is performed for the ensemble, rough performance of the LDPC code can be expected.

Therefore, if an ensemble of good performance is found, an LDPC code of good performance can be found from LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

Here, the above-mentioned degree sequence shows at what percentage a variable node or check node having the weight of each value exists with respect to the code length N of an LDPC code.

For example, a regular (3,6) LDPC code with an encoding rate of 1/2 belongs to an ensemble characterized by a degree sequence in which the weight (column weight) of all variable nodes is 3 and the weight (row weight) of all check nodes is 6.

FIG. 73 illustrates a Tanner graph of such an ensemble.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 73, there are variable nodes shown by circles (sign O) in the diagram only by N pieces equal to the code length N, and there are check nodes shown by quadrangles (sign □) only by N/2 pieces equal to a multiplication value multiplying encoding rate 1/2 by the code length N.

Three branches (edge) equal to the column weight are connected with each variable node, and therefore there are totally 3N branches connected with N variable nodes.

Moreover, six branches (edge) equal to the row weight are connected with each check node, and therefore there are totally 3N branches connected with N/2 check nodes.

In addition, there is one interleaver in the Tanner graph in FIG. 73.

The interleaver randomly rearranges 3N branches connected with N variable nodes and connects each rearranged branch with any of 3N branches connected with N/2 check nodes.

There are (3N)!(=(3N)×(3N−1)× . . . ×1) rearrangement patterns to rearrange 3N branches connected with N variable nodes in the interleaver. Therefore, an ensemble characterized by the degree sequence in which the weight of all variable nodes is 3 and the weight of all check nodes is 6, becomes aggregation of (3N)! LDPC codes.

In simulation to find an LDPC code of good performance (appropriate parity check matrix), an ensemble of a multi-edge type is used in the density evolution.

In the multi edge type, an interleaver through which the branches connected with the variable nodes and the branches connected with the check nodes pass, is divided into plural (multi edge), and, by this means, the ensemble is characterized more strictly.

FIG. 74 illustrates an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of the multi-edge type.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 74, there are two interleavers of the first interleaver and the second interleaver.

Moreover, in the Tanner graph chart of FIG. 74, v1 variable nodes with one branch connected with the first interleaver and no branch connected with the second interleaver exist, v2 variable nodes with one branch connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, and v3 variable nodes with no branch connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, respectively.

Furthermore, in the Tanner graph chart of FIG. 74, c1 check nodes with two branches connected with the first interleaver and no branch connected with the second interleaver exist, c2 check nodes with two branches connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, and c3 check nodes with no branch connected with the first interleaver and three branches connected with the second interleaver exist, respectively.

Here, for example, the density evolution and the mounting thereof are described in “On the Design of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon Limit”, S. Y. Chung, G. D. Forney, T. J. Richardson, R. Urbanke, IEEE Communications Leggers, VOL. 5, NO. 2, February 2001.

In simulation to find (a parity check matrix initial value table of) a Sony code, by the density evaluation of the multi-edge type, an ensemble in which a performance threshold that is E_(b)/N₀ (signal-to-noise power ratio per bit) with deteriorating (decreasing) BER is equal to or less than a predetermined value is found, and an LDPC code that decreases BER in case of using one or more orthogonal modulation, such as QPSK, is selected from LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble as an LDPC code of good performance.

The parity check matrix initial value table of a Sony code is obtained from the simulation as described above.

Thus, according to a Sony code obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table, excellent communication quality can be ensured in data transmission.

FIG. 75 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table of Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) (hereinafter also described as a parity check matrix H of Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15)).

As minimum cycle lengths of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) are values all exceeding cycle 4, cycle 4 is not present (a loop of elements of 1 with a loop length of 4). Here, a minimum cycle length (girth) means a minimum value of the length of a loop (loop length) constituted by elements of 1 in a parity check matrix H.

In addition, a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (16 k, 8/15) is set to 0.805765, a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (16 k, 10/15) to 2.471011, and a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (16 k, 12/15) to 4.269922, respectively.

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=16200 bits of the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 75.

With respect to the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15), columns on the head side (left side) tend to have a greater column weight, like the parity check matrixes described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, and thus code bits on the head side of the Sony codes tend to be unaffected by errors (be resistant to errors).

According to simulations performed by the present applicant, satisfactory

BER/FER are obtained with respect to the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15), and thus excellent communication quality can be ensured in data transmission using the Sony codes with (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15).

FIG. 76 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

Minimum cycle lengths of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15) all have values exceeding cycle 4, and thus cycle 4 is not present.

In addition, a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) is set to −0.093751, a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) to 1.658523, a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) to 3.351930, and a performance threshold value of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) to 5.301749.

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=64800 bits of the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 76.

With respect to the parity check matrix H of the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15), columns on the head side (left side) tend to have a greater column weight, like the parity check matrixes described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, and thus code bits on the head side of the Sony codes tend to be unaffected by errors.

According to simulations performed by the present applicant, satisfactory BER/FER are obtained with respect to the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15), and thus excellent communication quality can be ensured in data transmission using the Sony codes with (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

FIG. 77 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of Samsung codes with (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15).

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the Samsung codes with (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=64800 bits of the Samsung codes with (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the Samsung codes with (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 77.

FIG. 78 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of LGE codes with (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15).

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the LGE codes with (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=64800 bits of the LGE codes with (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the LGE codes with (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 78.

FIG. 79 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of LGE codes with (64 k, 10/15).

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the LGE codes with (64 k, 10/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=64800 bits of the LGE codes with (64 k, 10/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the LGE codes with (64 k, 10/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 79.

FIG. 80 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of NERC codes with (64 k, 9/15).

KX1 columns from the first column of the parity check matrix H of the NERC codes with (64 k, 9/15) are set to have the column weight of X1, the next KX2 columns to have the column weight of X2, the next KY1 columns to have the column weight of Y1, the next KY2 columns to have the column weight of Y2, the next M−1 columns to have the column weight of 2, and the final one column to have the column weight of 1.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to a code length N=64800 bits of the NERC codes with (64 k, 9/15).

The number of columns KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M and the column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 of the parity check matrix H of the NERC codes with (64 k, 9/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 80.

FIG. 81 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of ETRI codes with (16 k, 5/15).

For the parity check matrix H of the ETRI code with (16 k, 5/15), the parameter g=M₁ is set to 720.

In addition, since the code length N of the ETRI code with (16 k, 5/15) is 16200 and the encoding rate r is 5/15, the information length K=N×r is 16200×5/15=5400, and the parity length M=N−K is 16200−5400=10800.

Further, the parameter M₂=M−M₁=N−K−g is 10800−720=10080.

Thus, the parameter Q₁=M₁/P is 720/360=2, and the parameter Q₂=M₂/P is 10080/360=28.

FIG. 82 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H of ETRI codes with (64 k, 5/15), (64 k, 6/15), and (64 k, 7/15).

The parameters g=M₁, M₂, Q₁, and Q₂ of the parity check matrix H of ETRI codes with (64 k, 5/15), (64 k, 6/15), and (64 k, 7/15) are set as illustrated in FIG. 82.

<Constellation>

FIGS. 83 to 92 are illustrations of examples of types of constellations adopted in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, for example, constellations that are scheduled to be adopted in ATSC 3.0 can be employed.

In ATSC 3.0, with regard to MODCOD that is a combination of a modulation method and an LDPC code, constellations to be used in MODCOD are set.

Here, in ATSC 3.0, five types of modulation methods of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM (1 kQAM) are scheduled to be adopted.

In addition, in ATSC 3.0, for each of two types of code lengths N of 16 k bits and 64 k bits, LDPC codes with 9 types of encoding rates r of 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15, i.e., 9×2=18 types of LDPC codes, are scheduled to be adopted.

In ATSC 3.0, the 18 types of LDPC codes are classified into 9 types according to an encoding rate r (not according to the code length N), the 9 types of LDPC codes (respective LDPC codes with the encoding rates r or 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) and 5 types of modulation methods form 45 combinations (9×5), and the combinations are scheduled to be adopted as MODCOD.

In addition, in ATSC 3.0, one or more constellations are scheduled to be adopted for one piece of MODCOD.

Among constellations, there are uniform constellations (UCs) which have uniform arrangement of signal points and non-uniform constellations (NUCs) which have non-uniform arrangement thereof.

In addition, among NUCs, for example, there are constellations called 1-dimensional M²-QAM non-uniform constellations (1D NUCs), constellations called 2-dimensional QQAM non-uniform constellations (2D NUCs), and the like.

In general, a 1D NUC has a more improved BER than a UC, and further, a 2D NUM has a more improved BER than a 1D NUC.

A UC is adopted as a constellation of QPSK. In addition, as a constellation of 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, for example, a 2D NUC is adopted, and as constellations of 1024QAM, for example, a 1D NUC and a 2D NUC are adopted.

Hereinbelow, a constellation of an NUC of which the modulation method is a modulation method of matching an m-bit symbol to any of 2^(m) signal points used in MODCOD in which an encoding rate of an LDPC code is r is also described as NUC_(—)2^(m)_r (here, m=2, 4, 6, 8, and 10).

For example, “NUC_(—)16_(—)6/15” indicates a constellation of an NUC of which the modulation method is 16QAM used in MODCOD in which an encoding rate r of an LDPC code is 6/15.

In ATSC 3.0, the same constellation is scheduled to be used for the encoding rate r of the 9 types of LDPC codes when the modulation method is QPSK.

In addition, in ATSC 3.0, different constellations of the 2D NUC are scheduled to be used for respective encoding rates r of the 9 types of LDPC codes when the modulation method is 16QAM, 64QAM, or 256QAM.

Further, in ATSC 3.0, different constellations of the 1D NUC or 2D NUC are scheduled to be used for respective encoding rates r of the 9 types of LDPC codes when the modulation method is 1024QAM.

Thus, in ATSC 3.0, 1 type of constellation is scheduled to be prepared for QPSK, 9 types of constellations of 2D NUCs for 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and a total of 18 types of constellations including 9 types of 1D NUCs and 9 types of 2D NUCs for 1024QAM.

FIG. 83 is an illustration of example of constellations for 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 16QAM.

FIG. 84 is an illustration of example of constellations for 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 64QAM.

FIG. 85 is an illustration of example of constellations for 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 256QAM.

FIG. 86 is an illustration of example of constellations of 1D NUCs for 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 1024QAM.

In FIGS. 83 to 86, the horizontal and vertical axes represent an I axis and a Q axis respectively, and Re{_(x1)} and Im{_(x1)} represent a real part and an imaginary part of a signal point _(x1) as coordinates of the signal point _(x1).

In addition, in FIGS. 83 to 86, numerical values described after “for CR” represent encoding rates r of the LDPC codes.

FIG. 87 is an illustration of examples of coordinates of a signal point of a UC commonly used for the 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is QPSK.

In FIG. 87, “Input cell word y” represents a 2-bit symbol matched to the UC of QPSK, and “Constellation point z_(q)” represents the coordinates of a signal point z_(q). Note that the index q of the signal point z_(q) represents a discrete time of the symbol (a time interval between a symbol and the next symbol).

In FIG. 87, the coordinate of the signal point z_(q) is expressed in the form of a complex number, and i represents an imaginary unit (√(−1)).

FIG. 88 is an illustration of example of the coordinates of a signal point of the 2D NUC used for the 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 16QAM.

FIG. 89 is an illustration of example of the coordinates of a signal point of the 2D NUC used for the 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 64QAM.

FIG. 90 is an illustration of example of the coordinates of a signal point of the 2D NUC used for the 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 256QAM.

In FIGS. 88 to 90, NUC_(—)2^(m)_r represents the signal point of the 2D NUC used when the modulation method is 2^(m)QAM and the encoding rate of the LDPC codes is r.

In FIGS. 88 to 90, the coordinate of the signal point z_(q) is expressed in the form of a complex number, and i represents an imaginary unit as in FIG. 87.

In FIGS. 88 to 90, w#k represents the coordinates of a signal point of a first quadrant of a constellation.

In the 2D NUC, a signal point of a second quadrant of a constellation is disposed at the position obtained by symmetrically moving the signal point of the first quadrant about the Q axis, and a signal point of a third quadrant of the constellation is disposed at the position obtained by symmetrically moving the signal point of the first quadrant about the origin. In addition, a signal point of the fourth quadrant of the constellation is disposed at the position obtained by symmetrically moving the signal point of the first quadrant about the I axis.

Here, when the modulation method is 2^(m)QAM, by setting m bits as one symbol, the one symbol is mapped to a signal point corresponding to the symbol.

The m-bit symbol is expressed by, for example, an integer of 0 to 2^(m)−1; however, if b=2^(m)/4 is set, symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , and y(2^(m)−1), each of which is expressed by an integer of 0 to 2^(m)−1, can be divided into four groups of symbols y(0) to y(b−1), y(b) to y(2b−1), y(2b) to y(3b−1), and y(3b) to y(4b−1).

In FIGS. 88 to 90, the suffix k of w#k is an integer in the range of 0 to b-1, and w#k represents the coordinates of a signal point corresponding to a symbol y(k) in the range of symbols y(0) to y(b−1).

In addition, the coordinates of a signal point corresponding to a symbol y(k+b) in the range of symbols y(b) to y(2b−1) are expressed as −conj(w#k), and the coordinates of a signal point corresponding to a symbol y(k+2b) in the range of symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1) are expressed as conj(w#k). In addition, the coordinates of a signal point corresponding to a symbol y(k+3b) in the range of symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) are expressed as −w#k.

Here, conj(w#k) indicates the complex conjugate of w#k.

For example, when the modulation method is 16QAM, symbols y(0), (1), . . . , and y(15) with m=4 bits under a condition of b=2⁴/4=4 are divided into four groups of symbols y(0) to y(3), y(4) to y(7), y(8) to y(11), and y(12) to y(15).

Then, among the symbols y(0) to y(15), the symbol y(12) is the symbol y(k+3b)=y(0+3×4) in the range of the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) with k=0, and thus the coordinates of the signal point corresponding to the symbol y(12) are −w#k=−w0.

When the encoding rate r of an LDPC code is, for example, 9/15, w0 for which the modulation method is 16QAM and the encoding rate r is 9/15 (NUC_(—)16_(—)9/15) is 0.4967+1.1932i according to FIG. 88, and thus the coordinates −w0 of the signal point corresponding to the symbol y(12) are −(0.4967+1.1932i).

FIG. 91 is an illustration of examples of coordinates of a signal point of the 1D NUC used for the 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12,15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation method is 1024QAM.

In FIG. 91, the column of NUC_(—)1k_r represents the value of u#k indicating the coordinates of the signal point of the 1D NUC used when the modulation method is 1024QAM and the encoding rate of the LDPC code is r.

u#k represents a real part Re (z_(q)) and an imaginary part Im (z_(q)) of a complex number as the coordinates of a signal point z_(q) of the 1D NUC.

FIG. 92 is an illustration of relation between a symbol y and u#k serving as each of the real part Re (z_(q)) and the imaginary part Im (z_(q)) of a complex number indicating the coordinate of the signal point z_(q) of the 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

Here, the 10-bit symbol y of 1024QAM is set to be expressed as y_(0,q), y_(1,q), y_(2,q), y_(3,q), y_(4,q), y_(5,q), y_(6,q), y_(7,q), y_(8,q), and y_(9,q) in order from the head bit (most significant bit).

A of FIG. 92 shows a correspondence between 5 bits of y_(0,q), y_(2,q), y_(4,q), y_(6,q), and y_(8,q) in the odd-numbered order of the symbol y and u#k indicating the real part Re (z_(q)) of (the coordinates of) the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y.

B of FIG. 92 shows a correspondence between 5 bits of y_(1,q), y_(3,q), y_(5,q), y_(7,q), and y_(9,q) in the even-numbered order of the symbol y and u#k indicating the imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of (the coordinates of) the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y.

When the 10-bit symbol y=(y_(0,q), y_(1,q), y_(2,q), y_(3,q), y_(4,q), y_(5,q), y_(6,q), y_(7,q), y_(8,q), and y_(9,q)) of 1024QAM is, for example, (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0), the odd-numbered 5 bits (y_(0,q), y_(2,q), y_(4,q), y_(6,q), and y_(8,q)) are (0, 1, 0, 1, 0), and the even-numbered 5 bits (y_(1,q), y_(3,q), y_(5,q), y_(7,q), and y_(9,q)) are (0, 0, 1, 1, 0).

In A of FIG. 92, the odd-numbered 5 bits (0, 1, 0, 1, 0) are associated with u3, and thus the real part Re (z_(q)) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3.

In addition, in B of FIG. 92, the even-numbered 5 bits (0, 0, 1, 1, 0) are associated with u11, and thus the imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11.

On the other hand, when the encoding rate r of the LDPC code is, for example, 7/15, with regard to the 1D NUC (NUC_(—)1k_(—)7/15) used when the modulation method is 1024QAM and the encoding rate of the LDPC code is r=7/15, u3 is 1.04 and u11 is 6.28 according to FIG. 91 described above.

Thus, the real part Re (z_(q)) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3=1.04 and Im (z_(q)) thereof is u11=6.28. As a result, the coordinate of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is expressed as 1.04+6.28i.

Note that signal points of the 1D NUC are arranged in a grid shape on a straight line parallel to the I axis or on a straight line parallel to the Q axis. An interval between the signal points, however, is not fixed. In addition, in transmission of (data mapped to) signal points, average power of the signal points on a constellation is normalized. The normalization is performed by multiplying the square mean value of the absolute values of (the coordinates of) the signal points of the constellation expressed as P_(ave) and the reciprocal 1/(√P_(ave)) the square root √P_(ave) of the square mean value P_(ave) by each signal point z_(q) on the constellation.

According to the constellations described in FIGS. 83 to 92, it has been found that a good error rate is obtained.

<Block Interleaver 25>

FIG. 93 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9.

The block interleaver 25 has a storage region called a part 1 and a storage region called a part 2.

Both the parts 1 and 2 are configured to have columns arranged therein each serving as a storage region storing 1 bit in the row (horizontal) direction and a predetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is C which is equal to the number of bits m of a symbol.

When the number of bits stored in a column of the part 1 in the column direction (hereinafter also referred to as a part column length) is denoted as R1 and a part column length of a column of the part 2 is denoted as R2, (R1+R2)×C is equal to an encoding length N of an LDPC code that is a subject of block interleaving (which is 64800 bits or 16200 bits in the present embodiment).

In addition, the part column length R1 is equal to a multiple of 360 bits that is the unit size P, and the part column length R2 is equal to the remainder obtained when the sum of the part column length R1 of the part 1 and the part column length R2 of the part 2 (hereinafter also referred to as a column length), R1+R2, is divided by 360 bits that is the unit size P.

Here, the column length R1+R2 is equal to the value obtained by dividing the code length N of the LDPC code that is a subject of block interleaving by the number of bits m of a symbol.

For example, when 16QAM is adopted as the modulation method for an LDPC code having a code length N of 16200 bits, the number of bits m of a symbol is 4 bits, and thus the column length R1+R2 is 4050 (=16200/4).

Further, since the remainder obtained when the column length R1+R2=4050 is divided by 360 bits that is the unit size P is 90, the part column length R2 of the part 2 is 90 bits.

Then, the part column length R1 of the part 1 is R1+R2−R2=4050−90=3960 bits.

FIG. 94 is an illustration showing the number of columns C of the parts 1 and 2 and the part column lengths (number of rows) R1 and R2 with respect to combinations of code lengths N and modulation methods.

In FIG. 94, the number of columns C of the parts 1 and 2 and the part column lengths R1 and R2 with respect to combinations of respective LDPC codes having code lengths N of 16200 bits and 64800 bits and respective modulation methods of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM are shown.

FIG. 95 is an illustration of block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 93.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleaving by writing and reading an LDPC code with respect to the parts 1 and 2.

That is to say, in block interleaving, writing code bits of an LDPC code of one code word from the top to the bottom of the columns of the part 1 (in the column direction) is performed for the columns from the left to the right direction, as illustrated in A of FIG. 95.

Then, when the writing of the code bits is completed to the bottom of the rightmost column (the C-th column) among the columns of the part 1, writing of the remaining code bits from the top to the bottom of each column (column direction) of the part 2 is performed for the columns from the left to the right.

Then, the writing of the code bits is completed to the bottom of the rightmost column (the C-th column) among the columns of the part 2, and the code bits are read from the first row of all C of the columns of the part 1 in the row direction in units of C=m bits, as illustrated in B of FIG. 95.

Then, reading of the code bits from all C of the columns of the part 1 is sequentially performed toward the lower rows, and when the reading is completed to the final R1-th row, the code bits are read from the first row of all C of the columns of the part 2 in the row direction in units of C=m bits.

Reading of the code bits from all C of the columns of the part 2 is sequentially performed toward the lower rows, and is performed to the final R2-th row.

As described above, the code bits read from the parts 1 and 2 in units of m bits are supplied as symbols to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

<Group-Wise Interleaving>

FIG. 96 is an illustration of group-wise interleaving performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9.

In group-wise interleaving, with a bit group of 360 bits of one section obtained by sectioning the LDPC code of one code word in a unit of 360 bits that is equal to the unit size P from the head of the code, the LDPC code of one code word is interleaved in units of bit groups according to a predetermined pattern (hereinafter also referred to as a GW pattern).

Here, a bit group that is in the i+1-th order from the head when the LDPC code of one code word is sectioned into bit groups is also described as a bit group i below.

When the unit size P is 360, for example, an LDPC code with a code length N of 1800 bits is sectioned into 5 (=1800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Further, an LDPC code with a code length N of, for example, 16200 bits is sectioned to 45 (=16200/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 44, and an LDPC code with a code length N of 64800 bits is sectioned into 180 (=64800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 179.

In addition, a GW pattern is assumed to be expressed by arrangement of numbers indicating bit groups below. For example, for an LDPC code with a code length N of 1800 bits, a GW pattern 4, 2, 0, 3, 1 indicates interleaving (reordering) the arrangement of bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, into the arrangement of bit groups 4, 2, 0, 3, and 1.

The GW pattern can be set at least for every code length N of LDPC codes.

FIG. 97 is an illustration of a first example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 97, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

FIG. 98 is an illustration of a second example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 98, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165.

FIG. 99 is an illustration of a third example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 99, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20

FIG. 100 is an illustration of a fourth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 100, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 139, 106, 125, 81, 88, 104, 3, 66, 60, 65, 2, 95, 155, 24, 151, 5, 51, 53, 29, 75, 52, 85, 8, 22, 98, 93, 168, 15, 86, 126, 173, 100, 130, 176, 20, 10, 87, 92, 175, 36, 143, 110, 67, 146, 149, 127, 133, 42, 84, 64, 78, 1, 48, 159, 79, 138, 46, 112, 164, 31, 152, 57, 144, 69, 27, 136, 122, 170, 132, 171, 129, 115, 107, 134, 89, 157, 113, 119, 135, 45, 148, 83, 114, 71, 128, 161, 140, 26, 13, 59, 38, 35, 96, 28, 0, 80, 174, 137, 49, 16, 101, 74, 179, 91, 44, 55, 169, 131, 163, 123, 145, 162, 108, 178, 12, 77, 167, 21, 154, 82, 54, 90, 177, 17, 41, 39, 7, 102, 156, 62, 109, 14, 37, 23, 153, 6, 147, 50, 47, 63, 18, 70, 68, 124, 72, 33, 158, 32, 118, 99, 105, 94, 25, 121, 166, 120, 160, 141, 165, 111, 19, 150, 97, 76, 73, 142, 117, 4, 172, 58, 11, 30, 9, 103, 40, 61, 43, 34, 56, and 116.

FIG. 101 is an illustration of a fifth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 101, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 72, 59, 65, 61, 80, 2, 66, 23, 69, 101, 19, 16, 53, 109, 74, 106, 113, 56, 97, 30, 164, 15, 25, 20, 117, 76, 50, 82, 178, 13, 169, 36, 107, 40, 122, 138, 42, 96, 27, 163, 46, 64, 124, 57, 87, 120, 168, 166, 39, 177, 22, 67, 134, 9, 102, 28, 148, 91, 83, 88, 167, 32, 99, 140, 60, 152, 1, 123, 29, 154, 26, 70, 149, 171, 12, 6, 55, 100, 62, 86, 114, 174, 132, 139, 7, 45, 103, 130, 31, 49, 151, 119, 79, 41, 118, 126, 3, 179, 110, 111, 51, 93, 145, 73, 133, 54, 104, 161, 37, 129, 63, 38, 95, 159, 89, 112, 115, 136, 33, 68, 17, 35, 137, 173, 143, 78, 77, 141, 150, 58, 158, 125, 156, 24, 105, 98, 43, 84, 92, 128, 165, 153, 108, 0, 121, 170, 131, 144, 47, 157, 11, 155, 176, 48, 135, 4, 116, 146, 127, 52, 162, 142, 8, 5, 34, 85, 90, 44, 172, 94, 160, 175, 75, 71, 18, 147, 10, 21, 14, and 81.

FIG. 102 is an illustration of a sixth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 102, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 8, 27, 7, 70, 75, 84, 50, 131, 146, 99, 96, 141, 155, 157, 82, 57, 120, 38, 137, 13, 83, 23, 40, 9, 56, 171, 124, 172, 39, 142, 20, 128, 133, 2, 89, 153, 103, 112, 129, 151, 162, 106, 14, 62, 107, 110, 73, 71, 177, 154, 80, 176, 24, 91, 32, 173, 25, 16, 17, 159, 21, 92, 6, 67, 81, 37, 15, 136, 100, 64, 102, 163, 168, 18, 78, 76, 45, 140, 123, 118, 58, 122, 11, 19, 86, 98, 119, 111, 26, 138, 125, 74, 97, 63, 10, 152, 161, 175, 87, 52, 60, 22, 79, 104, 30, 158, 54, 145, 49, 34, 166, 109, 179, 174, 93, 41, 116, 48, 3, 29, 134, 167, 105, 132, 114, 169, 147, 144, 77, 61, 170, 90, 178, 0, 43, 149, 130, 117, 47, 44, 36, 115, 88, 101, 148, 69, 46, 94, 143, 164, 139, 126, 160, 156, 33, 113, 65, 121, 53, 42, 66, 165, 85, 127, 135, 5, 55, 150, 72, 35, 31, 51, 4, 1, 68, 12, 28, 95, 59, and 108.

FIG. 103 is an illustration of a seventh example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 103, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 104 is an illustration of an eighth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 104, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 11, 5, 8, 18, 1, 25, 32, 31, 19, 21, 50, 102, 65, 85, 45, 86, 98, 104, 64, 78, 72, 53, 103, 79, 93, 41, 82, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 4, 12, 15, 3, 10, 20, 26, 34, 23, 33, 68, 63, 69, 92, 44, 90, 75, 56, 100, 47, 106, 42, 39, 97, 99, 89, 52, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 6, 16, 14, 7, 13, 36, 28, 29, 37, 73, 70, 54, 76, 91, 66, 80, 88, 51, 96, 81, 95, 38, 57, 105, 107, 59, 61, 110, 114, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 0, 9, 17, 2, 27, 30, 24, 22, 35, 77, 74, 46, 94, 62, 87, 83, 101, 49, 43, 84, 48, 60, 67, 71, 58, 40, 55, 111, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 105 is an illustration of a nineth example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 105, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 9, 18, 15, 13, 35, 26, 28, 99, 40, 68, 85, 58, 63, 104, 50, 52, 94, 69, 108, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 8, 16, 17, 24, 37, 23, 22, 103, 64, 43, 47, 56, 92, 59, 70, 42, 106, 60, 109, 115, 121, 127, 133, 139, 145, 151, 157, 163, 169, 175, 4, 1, 10, 19, 30, 31, 89, 86, 77, 81, 51, 79, 83, 48, 45, 62, 67, 65, 110, 116, 122, 128, 134, 140, 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176, 6, 2, 0, 25, 20, 34, 98, 105, 82, 96, 90, 107, 53, 74, 73, 93, 55, 102, 111, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 147, 153, 159, 165, 171, 177, 14, 7, 3, 27, 21, 33, 44, 97, 38, 75, 72, 41, 84, 80, 100, 87, 76, 57, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 154, 160, 166, 172, 178, 5, 11, 12, 32, 29, 36, 88, 71, 78, 95, 49, 54, 61, 66, 46, 39, 101, 91, 113, 119, 125, 131, 137, 143, 149, 155, 161, 167, 173, and 179.

FIG. 106 is an illustration of a 10th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 106, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 0, 14, 19, 21, 2, 11, 22, 9, 8, 7, 16, 3, 26, 24, 27, 80, 100, 121, 107, 31, 36, 42, 46, 49, 75, 93, 127, 95, 119, 73, 61, 63, 117, 89, 99, 129, 52, 111, 124, 48, 122, 82, 106, 91, 92, 71, 103, 102, 81, 113, 101, 97, 33, 115, 59, 112, 90, 51, 126, 85, 123, 40, 83, 53, 69, 70, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 4, 5, 10, 12, 20, 6, 18, 13, 17, 15, 1, 29, 28, 23, 25, 67, 116, 66, 104, 44, 50, 47, 84, 76, 65, 130, 56, 128, 77, 39, 94, 87, 120, 62, 88, 74, 35, 110, 131, 98, 60, 37, 45, 78, 125, 41, 34, 118, 38, 72, 108, 58, 43, 109, 57, 105, 68, 86, 79, 96, 32, 114, 64, 55, 30, 54, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 107 is an illustration of an 11th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 107, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 21, 11, 12, 9, 0, 6, 24, 25, 85, 103, 118, 122, 71, 101, 41, 93, 55, 73, 100, 40, 106, 119, 45, 80, 128, 68, 129, 61, 124, 36, 126, 117, 114, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 20, 18, 10, 13, 16, 8, 26, 27, 54, 111, 52, 44, 87, 113, 115, 58, 116, 49, 77, 95, 86, 30, 78, 81, 56, 125, 53, 89, 94, 50, 123, 65, 83, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 2, 17, 1, 4, 7, 15, 29, 82, 32, 102, 76, 121, 92, 130, 127, 62, 107, 38, 46, 43, 110, 75, 104, 70, 91, 69, 96, 120, 42, 34, 79, 35, 105, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 19, 5, 3, 14, 22, 28, 23, 109, 51, 108, 131, 33, 84, 88, 64, 63, 59, 57, 97, 98, 48, 31, 99, 37, 72, 39, 74, 66, 60, 67, 47, 112, 90, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 108 is an illustration of a 12th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 108, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 12, 15, 2, 16, 27, 50, 35, 74, 38, 70, 108, 32, 112, 54, 30, 122, 72, 116, 36, 90, 49, 85, 132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 0, 14, 9, 5, 23, 66, 68, 52, 96, 117, 84, 128, 100, 63, 60, 127, 81, 99, 53, 55, 103, 95, 133, 139, 145, 151, 157, 163, 169, 175, 10, 22, 13, 11, 28, 104, 37, 57, 115, 46, 65, 129, 107, 75, 119, 110, 31, 43, 97, 78, 125, 58, 134, 140, 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176, 4, 19, 6, 8, 24, 44, 101, 94, 118, 130, 69, 71, 83, 34, 86, 124, 48, 106, 89, 40, 102, 91, 135, 141, 147, 153, 159, 165, 171, 177, 3, 20, 7, 17, 25, 87, 41, 120, 47, 80, 59, 62, 88, 45, 56, 131, 61, 126, 113, 92, 51, 98, 136, 142, 148, 154, 160, 166, 172, 178, 21, 18, 1, 26, 29, 39, 73, 121, 105, 77, 42, 114, 93, 82, 111, 109, 67, 79, 123, 64, 76, 33, 137, 143, 149, 155, 161, 167, 173, and 179.

FIG. 109 is an illustration of a 13th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 109, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 110 is an illustration of a 14th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 110, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 102, 106, 110, 114, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 95, 99, 103, 107, 111, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 111 is an illustration of a 15th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code with a code length N of 64 k bits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 111, the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 k bits is interleaved into the arrangement of the bit groups 8, 112, 92, 165, 12, 55, 5, 126, 87, 70, 69, 94, 103, 78, 137, 148, 9, 60, 13, 7, 178, 79, 43, 136, 34, 68, 118, 152, 49, 15, 99, 61, 66, 28, 109, 125, 33, 167, 81, 93, 97, 26, 35, 30, 153, 131, 122, 71, 107, 130, 76, 4, 95, 42, 58, 134, 0, 89, 75, 40, 129, 31, 80, 101, 52, 16, 142, 44, 138, 46, 116, 27, 82, 88, 143, 128, 72, 29, 83, 117, 172, 14, 51, 159, 48, 160, 100, 1, 102, 90, 22, 3, 114, 19, 108, 113, 39, 73, 111, 155, 106, 105, 91, 150, 54, 25, 135, 139, 147, 36, 56, 123, 6, 67, 104, 96, 157, 10, 62, 164, 86, 74, 133, 120, 174, 53, 140, 156, 171, 149, 127, 85, 59, 124, 84, 11, 21, 132, 41, 145, 158, 32, 17, 23, 50, 169, 170, 38, 18, 151, 24, 166, 175, 2, 47, 57, 98, 20, 177, 161, 154, 176, 163, 37, 110, 168, 141, 64, 65, 173, 162, 121, 45, 77, 115, 179, 63, 119, 146, and 144.

The 1^(st) to 15^(th) examples of the GW pattern for the LDPC code with the code length N of 64 k bits can also be applied to any combination of an LDPC code with the code length N of 64 k bits and an arbitrary encoding rate r and an arbitrary modulation method (constellation).

With respect to the group-wise interleaving, however, by setting a GW pattern to be applied for each combination of a code length N of an LDPC code, an encoding rate r of an LDPC code, and a modulation method (constellation), an error rate of each combination can be further improved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 97 to, for example, a combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and QPSK, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 98 to, for example, a combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and 16QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 99 to, for example, a combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and 64QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 100 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and QPSK, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 101 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and 16QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 102 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and 64QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 103 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and QPSK, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 104 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and 16QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 105 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and 64QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 106 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and QPSK, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 107 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and 16QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 108 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and 64QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 109 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and QPSK, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 110 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and 16QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

By applying the GW pattern of FIG. 111 to, for example, a combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and 64QAM, a particularly satisfactory error rate can be achieved.

FIG. 112 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 97 is applied to the combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 113 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 98 is applied to the combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 114 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 99 is applied to the combination of the ETRI code with (64 k, 5/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 115 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 100 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 116 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 101 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 117 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 102 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 7/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 118 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 103 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 119 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 104 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 120 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 105 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 9/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 121 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 106 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 122 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 107 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 123 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 108 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 11/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 124 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 109 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 125 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 110 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 126 is an illustration of BER/FER curves as simulation results of simulations for measuring an error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 111 is applied to the combination of the Sony code with (64 k, 13/15) and 64QAM.

Note that FIGS. 112 to 126 illustrates BER/FER curves when the AWGN channel is adopted (the upper graphs) and a Rayleigh (fading) channel is adopted (the lower graphs) as the communication path 13 (FIG. 7).

In addition, in FIGS. 112 to 126, the solid lines (w bil) represent BER/FER curves obtained when parity interleaving, group-wise interleaving, and block-wise interleaving are performed, and the dotted lines (w/o bil) represent BER/FER curves obtained when parity interleaving, group-wise interleaving, and block-wise interleaving are not performed.

According to FIGS. 112 to 126, it can be seen that BER/FER can be further improved and a better error rate can be achieved when parity interleaving, group-wise interleaving, and block-wise interleaving are performed than when they are not performed.

Note that the GW patterns of FIGS. 97 to 111 can also be applied to a constellation obtained by symmetrically moving the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89 around the I axis or the Q axis, a constellation obtained by symmetrically moving the arrangement around the origin, a constellation obtained by rotating the arrangement around the origin at an arbitrary angle, and the like, in addition to constellations of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM of the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89 described above, and the same effect as that obtained when they are applied to the constellations of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM of the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89 can be exhibited.

Further, the GW patterns of FIGS. 97 to 111 can also be applied to a constellation in which the most significant bit (MSB) and the least significant bit (LSB) of symbols corresponding (allocated) to signal points are switched in the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89, in addition to the constellations of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM of the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89, and of course, the same effect as that obtained when they are applied to the constellations of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM of the signal point arrangement illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 89 can be exhibited.

<Example of Configuration of Receiving Device 12>

FIG. 127 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the receiving device 12 of FIG. 7.

An OFDM processing (OFDM operation) unit 151 receives an OFDM signal from the transmitting device 11 (FIG. 7) and performs signal processing on the OFDM signal. Data obtained when the OFDM processing unit 151 performs signal processing is supplied to a frame management unit 152.

The frame management unit 152 performs processing of a frame including the data supplied from the OFDM processing unit 151 (frame interpretation), and supplies a signal of target data obtained as a result of the processing and a signal of control data to frequency deinterleavers 161 and 153.

The frequency deinterleaver 153 performs frequency deinterleaving on the data from the frame management unit 152 in units of symbols, and supplies the result to a demapper 154.

The demapper 154 performs demapping (signal point arrangement decoding) and quadrature demodulation on the data (data on a constellation) from the frequency deinterleaver 153 based on arrangement (constellation) of signal points decided through quadrature modulation performed on the transmitting device 11 side, and supplies data obtained as a result of the processing ((likelihood of) an LDPC code) to an LDPC decoder 155.

The LDPC decoder 155 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code from the demapper 154, and supplies LDPC target data (here, a BCH code) obtained as a result of the processing to a BCH decoder 156.

The BCH decoder 156 performs BCH decoding on the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155, and outputs control data (signaling) obtained as a result of the processing.

On the other hand, the frequency deinterleaver 161 performs frequency deinterleaving on the data from the frame management unit 152 in units of symbols, and supplies the result to a SISO/MISO decoder 162.

The SISO/MISO decoder 162 performs spatiotemporal decoding on the data from the frequency deinterleaver 161, and supplies the result to a time deinterleaver 163.

The time deinterleaver 163 performs time deinterleaving on the data from the SISO/MISO decoder 162 in units of symbols, and supplies the result to a demapper 164.

The demapper 164 performs demapping (signal point arrangement decoding) and quadrature demodulation on the data from the time deinterleaver 163 (data on a constellation) based on arrangement (constellation) of signal points decided through quadrature modulation performed on the transmitting device 11 side, and supplies the data obtained as a result of the processing to a bit deinterleaver 165.

The bit deinterleaver 165 performs bit deinterleaving on the data from the demapper 164, and supplies (likelihood of) an LDPC code that is bit-interleaved data to an LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding on the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165, and supplies LDPC target data (here, a BCH code) obtained as a result of the processing to a BCH decoder 167.

The BCH decoder 167 performs BCH decoding on the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155, and supplies data obtained as a result of the processing to a BB descrambler 168.

The BB descrambler 168 performs BB descrambling on the data from the BCH decoder 167, and supplies data obtained as a result of the processing to a null deletion unit 169.

The null deletion unit 169 deletes null data input by the padder 112 of FIG. 8 from the data from the BB descrambler 168, and supplies the result to a demultiplexer 170.

The demultiplexer 170 separates one or more respective streams (target data) multiplexed to the data from the null deletion unit 169, performs necessary processing, and outputs the target data as output streams.

Note that the receiving device 12 can be configured without some of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 127. That is to say, when the transmitting device 11 (FIG. 8) is configured without the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124, for example, the receiving device 12 can be configured without the time deinterleaver 163, the SISO/MISO decoder 162, the frequency deinterleaver 161, and the frequency deinterleaver 153 which are blocks corresponding respectively to the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124 of the transmitting device 11.

<Example of Configuration of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 128 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 127.

The bit deinterleaver 165 includes a block deinterleaver 54 and a group-wise deinterleaver 55, and performs (bit) deinterleaving on symbol bits of symbols that are data from the demapper 164 (FIG. 127).

That is to say, the block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving (inverse processing of block interleaving) corresponding to block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9 targeting the symbol bits of the symbols from the demapper 164, i.e., block deinterleaving of returning the positions of (likelihood of) code bits of the LDPC code reordered through the block interleaving to the original positions, and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the processing to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs group-wise deinterleaving (inverse processing of group-wise interleaving) corresponding to group-wise interleaving performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9 targeting the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, i.e., performs group-wise deinterleaving of returning the arrangement to the original arrangement by, for example, reordering, in units of bit groups, code bits of the LDPC code of which arrangement has been changed through the group-wise interleaving in units of bit groups described in FIG. 96.

Here, when parity interleaving, group-wise interleaving, and block interleaving are performed on the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164 to the bit deinterleaver 165, the bit deinterleaver 165 can perform all of parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving (inverse processing of parity interleaving, i.e., parity deinterleaving to return the code bits of the LDPC code of which the arrangement has been changed through parity interleaving to the original arrangement), block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving, and group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving.

In the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 128, however, the block deinterleaver 54 which performs block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 which performs group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving are provided, but a block which performs parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving is not provided, and thus parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Thus, the LDPC code which has undergone block deinterleaving and group-wise deinterleaving but has not undergone parity deinterleaving is supplied to the LDPC decoder 166 from (the group-wise deinterleaver 55 of) the bit deinterleaver 165.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 using a transformed parity check matrix obtained by at least performing column permutation equivalent to parity interleaving on a parity check matrix H of the DVB method used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in LDPC encoding (or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) of the ETRI method), and outputs data obtained as a result of the processing as a decoding result of the LDPC target data.

FIG. 129 is a flowchart describing an example of a process performed by the demapper 164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 128.

In Step S111, the demapper 164 performs demapping on the data from the time deinterleaver 163 (data on the constellation mapped to the signal points) for quadrature demodulation, supplies the data to the bit deinterleaver 165, and then the process proceeds to Step S112.

In Step S112, the bit deinterleaver 165 performs deinterleaving (bit deinterleaving) on the data from the demapper 164, and then the process proceeds to Step S113.

In other words, in Step S112, the block deinterleaver 54 of the bit deinterleaver 165 performs block deinterleaving targeting the data (symbols) from the demapper 164, and supplies code bits of the LDPC code obtained as a result of the processing to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs group-wise deinterleaving targeting the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, and supplies (likelihood of) the LDPC code obtained as a result of the processing to the LDPC decoder 166.

In Step S113, the LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding on the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 using the parity check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in LDPC encoding, i.e., using, for example, the transformed parity check matrix obtained from the parity check matrix H, and outputs data obtained as a result of the processing to the BCH decoder 167 as a decoding result of the LDPC target data.

Note that, for the sake of convenience in description, the block deinterleaver 54 which performs block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 which performs group-wise deinterleaving are configured as separate components in FIG. 128 the same as in FIG. 9, but the block deinterleaver 54 and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 can be configured as an integrated component.

<LDPC Decoding>

LDPC decoding performed by the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 127 will be described more.

In the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 127, LDPC decoding of the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 which has undergone block deinterleaving and group-wise deinterleaving and has not undergone parity deinterleaving is performed using a transformed parity check matrix obtained by at least performing column permutation equivalent to parity interleaving on the parity check matrix H of the DVB method used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in LDPC encoding (or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) of the ETRI method) as described above.

Here, LDPC decoding in which an operation frequency can be kept in a sufficiently feasible range while suppressing a circuit scale by performing the LDPC decoding using the transformed parity check matrix has been proposed before (for example, refer to Japanese Patent Number 4224777).

Thus, the LDPC decoding using the transformed parity check matrix that has been proposed before will first be described with reference to FIGS. 130 to 133.

FIG. 130 is an illustration of an example of the parity check matrix H of an LDPC code with a code length N of 90 and an encoding rate of 2/3.

Note that zeros (0) are expressed as periods (.) in FIG. 130 (also in FIGS. 131 and 132 to be described below).

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 130, a parity matrix has the staircase structure.

FIG. 131 is an illustration of a parity check matrix H′ obtained by performing row permutation of Expression (11) and column permutation of Expression (12) on the parity check matrix H (transformed parity check matrix) of FIG. 130.

Row permutation: 6s+t+1-th row→5t+s+1-th row  Expression (11)

Column permutation: 6x+y+6l-th column→5y+x+6i-th column  Expression (12)

In Expressions (11) and (12), s, t, x, and y are integers in the ranges of 0≦s<5, 0≦t<6, 0≦x<5, and 0≦t<6.

According to the row permutation of Expression (11), the permutation is performed such that 1^(st), 7^(th), 13^(th), 19^(th), and 25^(th) rows which have remainders of 1 when their numbers are divided by 6 are permuted to 1^(st), 2^(nd), 3^(rd), 4^(th), and 5^(th) rows, respectively, and 2^(nd), 8^(th), 14^(th), 20^(th), and 26^(th) rows which have remainders of 2 when their numbers are divided by 6 are permuted to 6^(th), 7^(th), 8^(th), 9^(th), and 10^(th) rows, respectively.

In addition, according to the column permutation of Expression (12), permutation is performed for 61^(st) and the succeeding columns (in the parity matrix) such that 61^(st), 67^(th), 73^(rd), 79^(th), and 85^(th) columns which have remainders of 1 when their numbers are divided by 6 are permuted to 61^(st), 62^(nd), 63^(rd), 64^(th), and 65^(th) columns, respectively, and 62^(nd), 68^(th), 74^(th), 80^(th), and 86^(th) columns which have remainders of 2 when their numbers are divided by 6 are permuted to 66^(th), 67^(th), 68^(th), 69^(th), and 70^(th) columns, respectively.

In this manner, the matrix obtained by performing row and column permutation on the parity check matrix H of FIG. 130 is the parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131.

Here, even when row permutation of the parity check matrix H is performed, the arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code is not affected.

In addition, the column permutation of Expression (12) is equivalent to parity interleaving when an information length K is set to 60, the unit size P to 5, and a divisor q (=M/P) of a parity length M (herein, 30) to 6 for parity interleaving to interleave a K+qx+y+1-th code bit to the position of a K+Py+x+1-th code bit.

Thus, the parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131 is a transformed parity check matrix obtained by at least performing column permutation of permuting the K+qx+y+1-th column to the K+Py+x+1-th column of the parity check matrix (hereinafter appropriately referred to as the original parity check matrix) H of FIG. 130.

When the parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131 is multiplied by the matrix that is obtained by performing the same permutation as Expression (12) on the LDPC code of the original parity check matrix H of FIG. 130, the 0 vector is output. That is to say, when a row vector obtained by performing the column permutation of Expression (12) on a row vector c serving as the LDPC code (one code word) of the original parity check matrix H is denoted as c′, Hc^(T) becomes the 0 vector in light of a feature of a parity check matrix, and thus H′c′^(T) naturally becomes the 0 vector.

Based on the above, the parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131 is a parity check matrix of the LDPC code c′ obtained by performing the column permutation of Expression (12) on the LDPC code c of the original parity check matrix H.

Thus, by performing the column permutation of Expression (12) on the LDPC code c of the original parity check matrix H, decoding the LDPC code c′ that has undergone the column permutation using the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131 (LDPC decoding), and performing inverse permutation to the column permutation of Expression (12) on the result of the decoding, the same decoding result as that obtained when the LDPC code of the original parity check matrix H is decoded using the parity check matrix H can be obtained.

FIG. 132 is an illustration of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 131 with intervals in units of 5×5 matrixes.

In FIG. 132, the transformed parity check matrix H′ is represented by a combination of 5×5 (=p×p) unit matrixes, matrixes each obtained by setting one or more 1s of the unit matrix to zero (hereinafter appropriately referred to as a quasi unit matrix), matrixes each obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix (hereinafter appropriately referred to as a shifted matrix), the sums of two or more matrixes of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, and the shifted matrix (hereinafter appropriately referred to as a sum matrix), and 5×5 zero matrixes.

The transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 can be said to be constituted by 5×5 unit matrixes, quasi unit matrixes, shifted matrixes, sum matrixes, and zero matrixes. Therefore, the 5×5 matrixes (the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, the shifted matrix, the sum matrix, and the zero matrix) that constitute the transformed parity check matrix H′ are appropriately referred to as constitutive matrixes hereinafter.

In decoding of an LDPC code of a parity check matrix represented by P×P constitutive matrixes, an architecture in which check node operations and variable node operations are simultaneously performed P times can be used.

FIG. 133 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a decoding device which performs such decoding.

That is to say, FIG. 133 illustrates an example of a configuration of a decoding device which performs decoding of an LDPC code using the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 that is obtained by at least performing the column permutation of Expression (12) on the original parity check matrix H of FIG. 130.

The decoding device of FIG. 133 includes a branch data storing memory 300 that includes 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, a selector 301 that selects the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, a check node calculating unit 302, two cyclic shift circuits 303 and 308, a branch data storing memory 304 that includes 18 FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, a selector 305 that selects the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, a reception data memory 306 that stores reception data, a variable node calculating unit 307, a decoding word calculating unit 309, a reception data rearranging unit 310, and a decoded data rearranging unit 311.

First, a method of storing data in the branch data storing memories 300 and 304 will be described.

The branch data storing memory 300 includes the 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ that correspond to a number obtained by dividing the number of rows 30 of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 by the number of rows 5 (the unit size P) of a constitutive matrix. The FIFO 300 _(y) (y=1, 2, and 6) includes storage regions having a plurality of steps, and in the storage region of each step, messages corresponding to five branches which is the number of rows or the number of columns (the unit size P) of the constitutive matrix can be simultaneously read or written. The number of steps of the storage regions of the FIFO 300 _(y) becomes 9 that is the maximum number of 1s (Hamming weight) of the row direction of the transformed parity check matrix of FIG. 132.

In the FIFO 300 ₁, data (messages v_(i) from variable nodes) corresponding to positions of is in the first to fifth rows of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 is stored in a form filling each row in a transverse direction (a form in which 0 is ignored). That is, if a j-th row and an i-th column are represented as (j, i), data corresponding to positions of is of a 5×5 unit matrix of (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored in the storage region of the 1^(st) step of the FIFO 300 ₁. In the storage region of the 2^(nd) step, data corresponding to positions of Is of a shifted matrix (shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right by 3) of (1, 21) to (5, 25) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. Similar to the above case, in the storage regions of the 3^(rd) to 8^(1h) steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′. In the storage region of the 9^(th) step, data corresponding to positions of 1s of a shifted matrix (shifted matrix obtained by replacing Is of the first row of the 5×5 unit matrix with 0s and cyclically shifting the unit matrix to the left by 1) of (1, 86) to (5, 90) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

In the FIFO 300 ₂, data corresponding to positions of 1s in the sixth to tenth rows of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 is stored. That is, in the storage region of the 1^(st) step of the FIFO 300 ₂, data corresponding to positions of 1s of the first shifted matrix constituting a sum matrix (sum matrix to be the sum of the first shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right by 1 and the second shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right by 2) of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. In addition, in the storage region of the 2^(nd) step, data corresponding to positions of 1s of the second shifted matrix constituting the sum matrix of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

That is, with respect to a constitutive matrix of which the weight is two or higher, when the constitutive matrix is represented in the form of the sum of plural matrixes among a P×P unit matrix of which the weight is 1, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the unit matrix become 0, and a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, data corresponding to the positions of 1s in the unit matrix having the weight of 1, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix (messages corresponding to branches belonging to the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix) is stored at the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆).

Thereafter, also in the storage regions of the 3^(rd) to 9^(th) steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′.

In the FIFOs 300 ₃ to 300 ₆, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′ in the same manner as above.

The branch data storing memory 304 includes 18 FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ of which the number is obtained by dividing the number of columns 90 of the transformed parity check matrix H′ by the number of columns 5 (the unit size P) of a constitutive matrix. The FIFO 304 _(x) (x=1, 2, . . . , and 18) includes storage regions having a plurality of steps, and in the storage region of each step, messages corresponding to five branches whose number is the number of rows or the number of columns (the unit size P) of a constitutive matrix can be simultaneously read or written.

In the FIFO 304 ₁, data (messages u_(j) from check nodes) corresponding to positions of 1s in the 1^(st) to 5^(th) columns of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 is stored in a form filling each column in a longitudinal direction (a form in which 0 is ignored). That is, data corresponding to positions of is of a 5×5 unit matrix of (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored in the storage region of the 1^(st) step of the FIFO 304 ₁. In the storage region of the 2^(nd) step, data corresponding to positions of is of the first shifted matrix constituting a sum matrix (sum matrix of the sum of the first shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right by 1 and the second shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix to the right by 2) of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. In addition, in the storage region of the 3^(rd) step, data corresponding to positions of 1 s of the second shifted matrix constituting the sum matrix of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

That is, with respect to a constitutive matrix of which the weight is two or higher, when the constitutive matrix is represented by the sum of plural matrixes of a P×P unit matrix of which the weight is 1, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the unit matrix become 0, and a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, data corresponding to the positions of is in the unit matrix having the weight of 1, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix (messages corresponding to branches belonging to the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix) is stored at the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈).

Thereafter, also in the storage regions of the 4^(th) and 5^(th) steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′. The number of steps of the storage regions of the FIFO 304 ₁ becomes 5 that is the maximum number of 1 s (Hamming weight) of the row direction in the 1^(st) to 5^(th) columns of the transformed parity check matrix H′.

In the FIFOs 304 ₂ and 304 ₃, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′ in the same manner as the above, and the length of each memory (the number of steps) is 5. In the FIFOs 304 ₄ to 304 ₁₂, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′ in the same manner as above, and the length of each memory is 3. In the FIFOs 304 ₁₃ to 304 ₁₈, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′ in the same manner as above, and the length of each memory is 2.

Next, an operation of the decoding device of FIG. 133 will be described.

The branch data storing memory 300 includes the 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, and according to information (matrix data) D312 indicating to which row of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 132 five messages D311 supplied from a cyclic shift circuit 308 of a previous step belong, a FIFO storing data is selected from the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ and the five messages D311 are collectively stored in the selected FIFO in order. When reading the data, the branch data storing memory 300 sequentially reads the five messages D300 ₁ from the FIFO 300 ₁ and supplies the messages to the selector 301 of a next step. After finishing reading of the messages from the FIFO 300 ₁, the branch data storing memory 300 reads the messages sequentially from the FIFOs 300 ₂ to 300 ₆ and supplies the messages to the selector 301.

The selector 301 selects the five messages from the FIFO from which data is being currently read among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, according to a select signal D301, and supplies the selected messages to the check node calculating unit 302 as messages D302.

The check node calculating unit 302 includes five check node calculators 302 ₁ to 302 ₅, and performs a check node operation according to Expression (7), using the messages D302 (D302 ₁ to D302 ₅) (messages v_(i) of Expression (7)) supplied through the selector 301, and supplies five messages D303 (D303 ₁ to D303 ₅) (messages u_(j) of Expression (7)) obtained as a result of the check node operation to a cyclic shift circuit 303.

The cyclic shift circuit 303 cyclically shifts the five messages D303 ₁ to D303 ₅ calculated by the check node calculating unit 302 on the basis of information (matrix data) D305 indicating how many unit matrixes (or quasi unit matrixes) in which the corresponding branches serve as bases in the corresponding transformed parity check matrix H′ are cyclically shifted, and supplies the result as messages D304 to the branch data storing memory 304.

The branch data storing memory 304 includes the 18 FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, and according to information D305 indicating to which row of the transformed parity check matrix H′ five messages D304 supplied from a cyclic shift circuit 303 of a previous step belong, a FIFO storing data is selected from the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ and the five messages D304 are collectively stored in the selected FIFO in order. When reading the data, the branch data storing memory 304 sequentially reads the five messages D306 ₁ from the FIFO 304 ₁ and supplies the messages to the selector 305 of a next step. After finishing reading of the data from the FIFO 304 ₁, the branch data storing memory 304 reads the messages sequentially from the FIFOs 304 ₂ to 304 ₁₈ and supplies the messages to the selector 305.

The selector 305 selects the five messages from the FIFO from which data is being currently read among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, according to a select signal D307, and supplies the selected messages to the variable node calculating unit 307 and the decoding word calculating unit 309 as messages D308.

Meanwhile, the reception data rearranging unit 310 rearranges the LDPC code D313 that corresponds to the parity check matrix H in FIG. 130 received through the communication path 13 by performing the column permutation of Expression (12) and supplies the LDPC code to the reception data memory 306 as reception data D314. The reception data memory 306 calculates a reception Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) from the reception data D314 supplied from the reception data rearranging unit 310 and stores the reception LLR, sets five reception LLRs collectively as a reception value D309, and supplies the value to the variable node calculating unit 307 and the decoding word calculating unit 309.

The variable node calculating unit 307 includes five variable node calculators 307 ₁ to 307 ₅, and performs the variable node operation according to Expression (1) using the messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) of Expression (1)) supplied through the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u_(0i) of Expression (1)) supplied from the reception data memory 306, and supplies messages D310 (D310 ₁ to D310 ₅) (message v_(i) of Expression (1)) obtained as a result of the operation to the cyclic shift circuit 308.

The cyclic shift circuit 308 cyclically shifts the messages D310 ₁ to D310 ₅ calculated by the variable node calculating unit 307 on the basis of information indicating how many unit matrixes (or quasi unit matrixes) in which the corresponding branches serve as bases in the corresponding transformed parity check matrix H′ are cyclically shifted, and supplies the result as messages D311 to the branch data storing memory 300.

By circulating the above operation in one cycle, decoding (the variable node operation and check node operation) of the LDPC code can be performed once. After decoding the LDPC code a predetermined number of times, the decoding device of FIG. 133 calculates a final decoding result in the decoding word calculating unit 309 and the decoded data rearranging unit 311 and outputs the result.

That is, the decoding word calculating unit 309 includes five decoding word calculators 309 ₁ to 309 ₅, calculates a decoding result (decoding word) on the basis of Expression (5) as a final step of multiple times of decoding using the five messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) of Expression (5)) output by the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u₀, of Expression (5)) supplied from the reception data memory 306, and supplies decoded data D315 obtained as a result to the decoded data rearranging unit 311.

The decoded data rearranging unit 311 performs the reverse permutation of the column permutation of Expression (12) with respect to the decoded data D315 supplied from the decoding word calculating unit 309, rearranges the order thereof, and outputs the decoded data as a final decoding result D316.

As mentioned above, by performing one or both of row permutation and column permutation on the parity check matrix (original parity check matrix) and transforming it into a parity check matrix (transformed parity check matrix) that can be represented by a combination of a P×P unit matrix, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 thereof become 0, a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, a sum matrix that is the sum of plural matrixes of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix and the shifted matrix, and a P×P zero matrix, that is, the combination of constitutive matrixes, an architecture in which check node operations and variable node operations are simultaneously performed P times, this number being lower than the number of rows or the number of columns of the parity check matrix, can be adopted to decoding of the LDPC code. When the architecture in which node operations (check node operations and variable node operations) are simultaneously performed P times, this number being lower than the number of rows or the number of columns of the parity check matrix, is adopted, an operation frequency can be kept in a feasible range and decoding can be performed iteratively a number of times, in comparison to a case in which the node operations are simultaneously performed as many times as the number of rows or the number of columns of the parity check matrix.

The LDPC decoder 166 that constitutes the receiving device 12 of FIG. 127 performs the LDPC decoding by simultaneously performing check node operations and variable node operations P times like, for example, the decoding device of FIG. 133.

That is, for the sake of simplified description, if the parity check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 constituting the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 8 is assumed to be, for example, the parity check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 130 in which the parity matrix has the staircase structure, the parity interleaver 23 of the transmitting device 11 performs parity interleaving to interleave the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit to the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit with the information length K of 60, the column number P of 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M of 6.

Because the parity interleaving corresponds to the column permutation of Expression (12) as described above, it is not necessary to perform the column permutation of Expression (12) in the LDPC decoder 166.

For this reason, in the receiving device 12 of FIG. 127, the LDPC code which has not undergone parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code in a state in which the column permutation of Expression (12) has been performed, is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the LDPC decoder 166 as described above, and in the LDPC decoder 166, the same processing as in the decoding device of FIG. 133 except for non-performance of the column permutation of Expression (12) is executed.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 127.

In FIG. 134, the LDPC decoder 166 has the same configuration as the decoding device of FIG. 133 except that the reception data rearranging unit 310 of FIG. 133 is not provided, and performs the same process as the decoding device of FIG. 133 except that the column permutation of Expression (12) is not performed, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

Since the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured without the reception data rearranging unit 310 as described above, a scale thereof can be reduced more than that of the decoding device of FIG. 133.

Note that, although the code length N of the LDPC code is set to 90, the information length K to 60, the unit size (the number of rows and the number of columns of the constitutive matrix) P to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M to 6 for the sake of simplified description in FIGS. 130 to 134, none of the code length N, the information length K, the unit size P, and the divisor q (=M/P) is limited to the above-described values.

That is, in the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 8, data output by the LDPC encoder 115 is an LDPC code with, for example, the code length N of 64800 or 16200, the information length K of N−Pq (=N−M), the unit size P of 360, and the divisor q of M/P, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 134 can be applied to a case in which LDPC decoding is performed by simultaneously performing check node operations and variable node operations P times targeting such an LDPC code.

In addition, when the portion of parity of the decoding result is unnecessary and only information bits of the decoding result are output after decoding the LDPC code by the LDPC decoder 166, the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured without the decoded data rearranging unit 311.

<Example of Configuration of Block Deinterleaver 54>

FIG. 135 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 128.

The block deinterleaver 54 is configured the same as the block interleaver 25 described in FIG. 93.

Thus, the block deinterleaver 54 has a storage region called a part 1 and another storage region called a part 2, and the parts 1 and 2 each store 1 bit in the row direction, each of which includes C columns serving as storage regions for storing a predetermined number of bits in the column direction that are arranged in the row direction, and the number C is equal to the number of bits m of a symbol.

The block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving by writing and reading the LDPC code on and from the parts 1 and 2.

In block deinterleaving, however, writing of the LDPC code (which has become a symbol) is performed in the order in which the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 93 reads the LDPC code.

Further, in block deinterleaving, reading of the LDPC code is performed in the order in which the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 93 writes the LDPC code.

That is, the LDPC code is written in the column direction and read in the row direction with respect to the parts 1 and 2 in block interleaving by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 93, but in the block deinterleaving by the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 135, the LDPC code is written in the row direction and read in the column direction with respect to the parts 1 and 2.

<Another Example of Configuration of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 136 is a block diagram illustrating another example of the configuration the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 127.

Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions of the drawing corresponding to those in FIG. 128, and description thereof will be appropriately omitted below.

That is, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 136 has the same configuration as in FIG. 128 except that a parity deinterleaver 1011 is newly provided therein.

In FIG. 136, the bit deinterleaver 165 includes the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011, and performs bit deinterleaving on code bits of the LDPC code from the demapper 164.

That is, targeting the LDPC code from the demapper 164, the block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving corresponding to block interleaving (inverse processing of block interleaving) performed by the block interleaver 25 of the transmitting device 11, i.e., block deinterleaving of returning the positions of the code bits reordered through the block interleaving to the original positions, and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the processing to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to group-wise interleaving performed as rearrangement processing by the group-wise interleaver 24 of the transmitting device 11, targeting the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54.

The LDPC code obtained by as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving is supplied to the parity deinterleaver 1011 from the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The parity deinterleaver 1011 performs parity deinterleaving corresponding to parity interleaving (inverse processing of parity interleaving) performed by the parity interleaver 23 of the transmitting device 11, i.e., parity deinterleaving of returning the code bits of the LDPC code whose arrangement has been changed through the parity interleaving to the original arrangement, targeting the code bits group-wise-deinterleaved by the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the parity deinterleaving is supplied to the LDPC decoder 166 from the parity deinterleaver 1011.

Thus, in the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 136, the LDPC code that has undergone block deinterleaving, group-wise deinterleaving, and parity deinterleaving, i.e., the LDPC code obtained through LDPC encoding according to the parity check matrix H, is supplied to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding on the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 using the parity check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 in the LDPC encoding. That is, the LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding on the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 using the parity check matrix H (of the DVB method) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 in the LDPC encoding or using a transformed parity check matrix obtained by at least performing column permutation equivalent to parity interleaving on the parity check matrix H (with respect to the ETRI method, the parity check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by performing column permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC encoding or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC encoding).

Here, in FIG. 136, since the LDPC code obtained through the LDPC encoding according to the parity check matrix H is supplied from (the parity deinterleaver 1011 of) the bit deinterleaver 165 to the LDPC decoder 166, when LDPC decoding of the LDPC code is performed using the parity check matrix H (of the DVB method) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 in the LDPC encoding (with respect to the ETRI method, the parity check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by performing column permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC encoding), the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured as a decoding device which performs LDPC decoding using, for example, a full serial decoding method in which operations of messages (check node messages and variable node messages) are sequentially performed for each node or a decoding device which performs LDPC decoding using a full parallel decoding method in which operations of messages are performed simultaneously (in parallel) for all nodes.

In addition, when the LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding on the LDPC code using the transformed parity check matrix obtained by at least performing column permutation equivalent to parity interleaving on the parity check matrix H (of the DVB method) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 in the LDPC encoding (with respect to the ETRI method, the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC encoding), the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured as a decoding device of the architecture in which check node operations and variable node operations are simultaneously performed P times (or a divisor of P other than 1) and a decoding device (FIG. 133) having the reception data rearranging unit 310 which rearranges the code bits of the LDPC code by performing the same column permutation as the column permutation for obtaining the transformed parity check matrix (parity interleaving) on the LDPC code.

Note that, in FIG. 136, the block deinterleaver 54 which performs block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaver 55 which performs group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 which performs parity deinterleaving are set to be configured as separate components for the sake of convenience of description, but two or more of the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 can be configured as an integrated component, in the same manner as the parity interleaver 23, the group-wise interleaver 24, and the block interleaver 25 of the transmitting device 11.

<Example of Configuration of Reception System>

FIG. 137 is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a configuration of a reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

In FIG. 137, the reception system includes an acquisition unit 1101, a transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and an information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The acquisition unit 1101 acquires a signal including an LDPC code obtained by at least performing LDPC encoding on LDPC target data such as image data, audio data, or the like of a program through a transmission path (communication path) that is not illustrated, for example, digital terrestrial broadcasting, digital satellite broadcasting, a CATV network, the Internet, and other networks, and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

Here, when the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is broadcast from a broadcasting station through, for example, terrestrial waves, satellite waves, a cable television (CATV) network, or the like, the acquisition unit 1101 includes a tuner, a set-top box (STB), or the like. In addition, when the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is transmitted from, for example, a web server through multicast like an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the acquisition unit 1101 includes a network interface (I/F), for example, a network interface card (NIC) or the like.

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 corresponds to the receiving device 12. The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 performs transmission path decoding processing which includes at least a process of correcting an error occurring in a transmission path on the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path, and supplies a signal obtained as a result of the processing to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

That is to say, the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path is a signal obtained by at least performing error correction encoding for correcting an error occurring on the transmission path, and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 performs transmission path decoding processing, for example, error correction processing or the like with respect to the signal.

Here, as the error correction encoding, for example, there are LDPC encoding, BCH encoding, and the like. In this case, at least LDPC encoding is performed as the error correction encoding.

In addition, the transmission path decoding processing may include demodulation of a modulated signal or the like.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 performs information source decoding processing on the signal that has undergone the transmission path decoding processing, which includes at least a process of decompressing compressed information into original information.

That is to say, there may be cases in which compression encoding for compressing information is performed on the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 via the transmission path in order to reduce the data amount of images, sounds, or the like serving as information, and in such a case, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 performs information source decoding processing including a process of decompressing compressed information into original information (decompression processing) on the signal that has undergone the transmission path decoding processing.

Note that, when compression encoding is not performed on the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 does not perform the process of decompressing compressed information into original information.

Here, as the decompressing processing, for example, there is MPEG decoding or the like. In addition, the transmission path decoding processing may include descrambling or the like in addition to the decompressing processing.

In the reception system configured as described above, the acquisition unit 1101 acquires a signal obtained by performing compression encoding such as MPEG encoding and further performing error correction encoding such as LDPC encoding on, for example, image or audio data through a transmission path, and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 performs, for example, the same processing as the receiving device 12 on the signal from the acquisition unit 1101 as transmission path decoding processing, and supplies a signal obtained as a result of the processing to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 performs information source decoding processing such as MPEG decoding on the signal from the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and outputs images or sounds that are obtained as a result of the processing.

The reception system of FIG. 137 described above can be applied to, for example, a television tuner which receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting and the like.

Note that the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can each be configured as one independent device (hardware (such as an integrated circuit (IC)) or a software module).

In addition, with the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, a set of the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, a set of the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, and a set of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can each be configured as one independent device.

FIG. 138 is a block diagram illustrating a second example of the configuration of the reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions of the drawing corresponding to those in FIG. 137, and description thereof will be appropriately omitted below.

The reception system of FIG. 138 has a common point to that of FIG. 137 in that the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 are provided, and is different from that of FIG. 137 in that an output unit 1111 is newly provided.

The output unit 1111 is, for example, a display device which displays images or a speaker which outputs sounds, and outputs images, sounds, and the like that are signals output from the information source decoding processing unit 1103. That is to say, the output unit 1111 displays images or outputs sounds.

The reception system of FIG. 138 configured as above can be applied to, for example, a TV (television receiver) which receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting, a radio receiver which receives radio broadcasting, and the like.

Note that, when compression encoding is not performed on a signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101, the signal output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is supplied to the output unit 1111.

FIG. 139 is a block diagram illustrating a third example of the configuration of the reception system to which the receiving device 12 can be applied.

Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions of the drawing corresponding to those in FIG. 137, and description thereof will be appropriately omitted below.

The reception system of FIG. 139 has a common point to that of FIG. 137 in that the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 are provided.

The reception system of FIG. 139, however, is different from that of FIG. 137 in that the information source decoding processing unit 1103 is not provided and a recording unit 1121 is newly provided.

The recording unit 1121 records (stores) a signal output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 (for example, a TS packet of an MPEG-TS) on a recording (storage) medium such as an optical disc, a hard disk (magnetic disk), or a flash memory.

The reception system of FIG. 139 configured as above can be applied to a recorder which records television broadcasting and the like.

Note that, in FIG. 139, the reception system can include the information source decoding processing unit 1103 and record signals that have undergone the information source decoding processing, i.e., images and sounds obtained through decoding by the information source decoding processing unit 1103 using the recording unit 1121.

<Embodiment of a Computer>

The above-described series of processes can be performed using hardware or software. When the series of processes is performed using software, a program constituting the software is installed in a general-purpose computer or the like.

Thus, FIG. 140 illustrates an example of a configuration of an embodiment of a computer in which a program for executing the above-described series of processes is installed.

The program can be recorded in advance in a hard disk 705 or a ROM 703 serving as a recording medium built in the computer.

Alternatively, the program can be temporarily or permanently stored (recorded) on a removable recording medium 711 such as a flexible disk, a Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), a magneto optical (MO) disc, a digital versatile disc (DVD), a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory. Such a removable recording medium 711 can be provided as so-called package software.

Note that, in addition to being installed in the computer from the removable recording medium 711 described above, the program can be transferred to the computer via a satellite for digital satellite broadcasting in a wireless manner, or transferred to the computer via a network such as a local area network (LAN) or the Internet in a wired manner from a download site, and in the computer, the program transferred as above can be received by a communication unit 708 and installed in the built-in hard disk 705.

The computer includes a central processing unit (CPU) 702. The CPU 702 is connected to an input and output interface 710 via a bus 701, and when a user inputs a command by operating an input unit 707 including a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like via the input and output interface 710, the CPU 702 executes a program stored in the read only memory (ROM) 703 according to the command. Alternatively, the CPU 702 loads a program stored in the hard disk 705, a program transferred from a satellite or a network, received by the communication unit 708, and installed in the hard disk 705, or a program read from the removable recording medium 711 loaded in a drive 709 and installed in the hard disk 705 in a random access memory (RAM) 704 and executes the program. Accordingly, the CPU 702 performs processing according to the above-described flowcharts or processing performed with the configurations of the above-described block diagrams. Then, the CPU 702 causes a result of the processing to be, for example, output from an output unit 706 including a liquid crystal display (LCD), a speaker, or the like, transmitted from the communication unit 708, or further recorded in the hard disk 705 via the input and output interface 710, as necessary.

In the present specification, it is not necessary to perform processing steps for describing a program which causes a computer to perform various kinds of processing in a time series manner in the orders described as flowcharts, and processing executed separately or in parallel (for example, parallel processing or processing by an object).

In addition, the program may be processed by one computer, or be subject to distributed processing performed by a plurality of computers. Further, the program may be transferred to and executed by a remote computer.

Note that an embodiment of the present technology is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified within a scope not deviating from the gist of the present technology.

That is to say, for example, (the parity check matrix initial value table of) the above-described new LDPC code the communication path 13 (FIG. 7) can be any of a satellite channel, terrestrial waves, a cable (wired channel), and others. Further, the new LDPC code can also be used in data transmission other than digital broadcasting.

In addition, the above-described GW pattern can also be applied to codes other than the new LDPC code. Further, a modulation method to which the above-described GW pattern is applied is not limited to 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM.

Note that the effects described in the present specification are thoroughly illustrative and not limitative, and other effects may be included.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   11 transmitting device -   12 receiving device -   23 parity interleaver -   24 group-wise interleaver -   25 block interleaver -   54 block deinterleaver -   55 group-wise deinterleaver -   111 mode adaptation/multiplexer -   112 padder -   113 BB scrambler -   114 BCH encoder -   115 LDPC encoder -   116 bit interleaver -   117 mapper -   118 time interleaver -   119 SISO/MISO encoder -   120 frequency interleaver -   121 BCH encoder -   122 LDPC encoder -   123 mapper -   124 frequency interleaver -   131 frame builder/resource allocation unit -   132 OFDM generating unit -   151 OFDM processing unit -   152 frame management unit -   153 frequency deinterleaver -   154 demapper -   155 LDPC encoder -   156 BCH decoder -   161 frequency deinterleaver -   162 SISO/MISO decoder -   163 time deinterleaver -   164 demapper -   165 bit deinterleaver -   166 LDPC decoder -   167 BCH decoder -   168 BB descrambler -   169 null deletion unit -   170 demultiplexer -   300 branch data storing memory -   301 selector -   302 check node calculating unit -   303 cyclic shift circuit -   304 branch data storing memory -   305 selector -   306 reception data memory -   307 variable node calculating unit -   308 cyclic shift circuit -   309 decoding word calculating unit -   310 reception data rearranging unit -   311 decoded data rearranging unit -   601 encoding processing unit -   602 storage unit -   611 encoding rate setting unit -   612 initial value table reading unit -   613 parity check matrix generating unit -   614 information bit reading unit -   615 encoding parity operation unit -   616 control unit -   701 bus -   702 CPU -   703 ROM -   704 RAM -   705 hard disk -   706 output unit -   707 input unit -   708 communication unit -   709 drive -   710 input and output interface -   711 removable recording medium -   1001 inverse reordering unit -   1002 memory -   1011 parity deinterleaver -   1101 acquisition unit -   1101 transmission path decoding processing unit -   1103 information source decoding processing unit -   1111 output unit -   1121 recording unit 

1. (canceled)
 2. A data processing method comprising: an encoding step of performing LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving step of performing group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping step of mapping the LDPC code to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 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 38552. 3. (canceled)
 4. A data processing method comprising: a group-wise deinterleaving step of returning an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of four signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 2 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500
 38552. 5. (canceled)
 6. A data processing method comprising: an encoding step of performing LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving step of performing group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping step of mapping the LDPC code to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 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 38552. 7. (canceled)
 8. A data processing method comprising: a group-wise deinterleaving step of returning an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 16 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 4 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500
 38552. 9. (canceled)
 10. A data processing method comprising: an encoding step of performing LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15; a group-wise interleaving step of performing group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits; and a mapping step of mapping the LDPC code to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 1380 4919 12679 22889 29638 30987 34637 36232 37284 466 913 1247 1646 3049 5924 9014 20539 34546 35029 36540 374 697 984 1654 5870 10883 11684 20294 28888 31612 34031 117 240 635 5093 8673 11323 12456 14145 21397 39619 42559 122 1265 1427 13528 14282 15241 16852 17227 34723 36836 39791 595 1180 1310 6952 17916 24725 24971 27243 29555 32138 35987 140 470 1017 13222 13253 18462 20806 21117 28673 31598 37235 7 710 1072 8014 10804 13303 14292 16690 26676 36443 41966 48 189 759 12438 14523 16388 23178 27315 28656 29111 29694 285 387 410 4294 4467 5949 25386 27898 34880 41169 42614 474 545 1320 10506 13186 18126 27110 31498 35353 36193 37322 1075 1130 1424 11390 13312 14161 16927 25071 25844 34287 38151 161 396 427 5944 17281 22201 25218 30143 35566 38261 42513 233 247 694 1446 3180 3507 9069 20764 21940 33422 39358 271 508 1013 6271 21760 21858 24887 29808 31099 35475 39924 8 674 1329 3135 5110 14460 28108 28388 31043 31137 31863 1035 1222 1409 8287 16083 24450 24888 29356 30329 37834 39684 391 1090 1128 1866 4095 10643 13121 14499 20056 22195 30593 55 161 1402 6289 6837 8791 17937 21425 26602 30461 37241 110 377 1228 6875 13253 17032 19008 23274 32285 33452 41630 360 638 1355 5933 12593 13533 23377 23881 24586 26040 41663 535 1240 1333 3354 10860 16032 32573 34908 34957 39255 40759 526 936 1321 7992 10260 18527 28248 29356 32636 34666 35552 336 785 875 7530 13062 13075 18925 27963 28703 33688 36502 36 591 1062 1518 3821 7048 11197 17781 19408 22731 24783 214 1145 1223 1546 9475 11170 16061 21273 38688 40051 42479 1136 1226 1423 20227 22573 24951 26462 29586 34915 42441 43048 26 276 1425 6048 7224 7917 8747 27559 28515 35002 37649 127 294 437 4029 8585 9647 11904 24115 28514 36893 39722 748 1093 1403 9536 19305 20468 31049 38667 40502 40720 41949 96 638 743 9806 12101 17751 22732 24937 32007 32594 38504 649 904 1079 2770 3337 9158 20125 24619 32921 33698 35173 401 518 984 7372 12438 12582 18704 35874 39420 39503 39790 10 451 1077 8078 16320 17409 25807 28814 30613 41261 42955 405 592 1178 15936 18418 19585 21966 24219 30637 34536 37838 50 584 851 9720 11919 22544 22545 25851 35567 41587 41876 911 1113 1176 1806 10058 10809 14220 19044 20748 29424 36671 441 550 1135 1956 11254 18699 30249 33099 34587 35243 39952 510 1016 1281 8621 13467 13780 15170 16289 20925 26426 34479 4969 5223 17117 21950 22144 24043 27151 39809 11452 13622 18918 19670 23995 32647 37200 37399 6351 6426 13185 13973 16699 22524 31070 31916 4098 10617 14854 18004 28580 36158 37500
 38552. 11. (canceled)
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A data processing method comprising: a group-wise deinterleaving step of returning an arrangement of the LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleaving obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original arrangement, the transmitting device including an encoding unit configured to perform LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and an encoding rate r of 5/15, a group-wise interleaving unit configured to perform group-wise interleaving of interleaving the LDPC code in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits, and a mapping unit configured to map the LDPC code to any one of 64 signal points decided using a modulation method in a unit of 6 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleaving, setting an i+1-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code as a bit group i, arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into arrangement of bit groups 103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20, wherein the parity check matrix includes an A matrix which is on an upper left of the parity check matrix having g rows and K columns represented with a predetermined value g and an information length K=N×r of the LDPC code, a B matrix which has a staircase structure close to a right side of the A matrix having g rows and g columns, a Z matrix which is a zero matrix close to a right side of the B matrix having g rows and N−K−g columns, a C matrix which is close to a bottom side of the A matrix and the B matrix having N−K−g rows and K+g columns, and a D matrix which is a unit matrix close to a right side of the C matrix having N−K−g rows and N−K−g columns, wherein the predetermined value g is 1440, wherein the A matrix and the C matrix are expressed using a parity check matrix initial value table, and wherein the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the A matrix and the C matrix for every 360 columns, the table including 221 1011 1218 4299 7143 8728 11072 15533 17356 33909 36833 360 1210 1375 2313 3493 16822 21373 23588 23656 26267 34098 544 1347 1433 2457 9186 10945 13583 14858 19195 34606 37441 37 596 715 4134 8091 12106 24307 24658 34108 40591 42883 235 398 1204 2075 6742 11670 13512 23231 24784 27915 34752 204 873 890 13550 16570 19774 34012 35249 37655 39885 42890 221 371 514 11984 14972 15690 28827 29069 30531 31018 43121 280 549 1435 1889 3310 10234 11575 15243 20748 30469 36005 223 666 1248 13304 14433 14732 18943 21248 23127 38529 39272 370 819 1065 9461 10319 25294 31958 33542 37458 39681 40039 585 870 1028 5087 5216 12228 16216 16381 16937 27132 27893 164 167 1210 7386 11151 20413 22713 23134 24188 36771 38992 298 511 809 4620 7347 8873 19602 24162 29198 34304 41145 105 830 1212 2415 14759 15440 16361 16748 22123 32684 42575 659 665 668 6458 22130 25972 30697 31074 32048 36078 37129 91 808 953 8015 8988 13492 13987 15979 28355 34509 39698 594 983 1265 3028 4029 9366 11069 11512 27066 40939 41639 506 740 1321 1484 10747 16376 17384 20285 31502 38925 42606 338 356 975 2022 3578 18689 18772 19826 22914 24733 27431 709 1264 1366 4617 8893 25226 27800 29080 30277 37781 39644 840 1179 1338 2973 3541 7043 12712 15005 17149 19910 36795 1009 1267 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